ADSactly Comedy - Robin Williams
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Robin Williams is also one of my favorite comedians! I love him. I remember every character he played. "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Good Will Hunting" (with which she wins an Oscar) and "Patch Adams" are among my favorites, but indisputably my favorite movie and the most endearing role is that of master in The Society of Dead Poets. As a literature teacher, I have seen this film many times with my students, who love and remember it. In fact, many learned to use the expression "Carpe diem" from this film. It is striking that a man who made so many people laugh and was apparently so happy carried so many monsters in his soul. Even today I can't explain his death! This post is a nice tribute to one of the greats of comedy, @honeydue. Thanks for sharing.
I think that's the sad truth of most funny people - in fact,I think there's a quote attributed to Williams himself (though I don't know if he actually said it) that goes something like the saddest people are the ones who'll try the hardest to make you laugh. Something like that...
Yes, he was so great it Dead Poets' Society, the kind of teacher everyone longs to have, but few are privileged enough to.
Thank you for the comment, Nancy :)
Now this is getting interesting :)
Up to the year 2000 I had watched most Robbin Williams movies before I knew he was a standup comedian. I was hooked by his crazy style, his verbosity and his outrageous impersonations.
I have not seen, with the possible exception of George Carlin someone so witty, fast and scandalous.
In his movies, though, Williams had the versatility of a true actor. He could be silly, emotional, and evil.
I loved his performance in Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, and Moscow in the Hudson, which incidentally has Venezuelan Actress, Maria Conchita Alonso co-starring.
Awakening, Mrs Doubtfire, and Patch Adams are also among my favorites. In all those movies he let some of his internal demons come out. I mournd his death as a artistic tragedy, and also as a human tragedy. It made me remember the salsa song's line "pobre payaso, rie por no llorar" (poor clown, who laughs to avoid crying).
He will be forever remembered and loved
Yes,I agree, there's a remarkable contrast between his stand-up, which is brilliant, but funny and his movie performances, which are also brilliant, but can be so emotional, so deep. He really was a talented actor and many of these are among my favorites as well :D
Ah Carlin...yes, another man we'll be talking about in this series quite soon <3 One of my favorites.
Thank you for the comment! :)
Thank you for the great content
I was also a follower of Robin Williams as a comedian, many times close in his performance to the tragicomic. It is well known that from Romanticism (the first mital of the 19th century) to the present day, the lives of great artists have been marked by internal, personal conflicts and torments. This is probably the case of Williams.
From the films you name I have among my favourites *Good morning, Vietnam", *The society of dead poets" and The King Fisherman. I would add Beyond Dreams, Insomnia and The Final Cut.
Robin Williams will always be an infallible reference. Thanks for your good post, @honeydue.
Yes, there are just so many great RW movies that are worth mentioning, but only so much space, as you well know :) You're right, it's tragic how many great minds are and were plagued by this internal torment and couldn't appreciate how talented they really were. Thank you for the comment, Jose!
Great Robin Williams post. Quick correction. He passed in 2014, not 2004.
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Thank you :) Yes, I know, I know. A typo on my part, one that I'm most embarrassed about. :(
I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Great post!
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Robin died in 2014. I lay down later the day I learned and looked up through the trees and felt like the world didn't make much sense. I told my friend, and she was going through something similar. It was a confusing day.
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I know, I know :/ so embarrassed about this, I was in a bit of a hurry as I wrote this and committed this regrettable typo :( I know, I was shocked when it happened, too, though I was a bit too young to truly understand how awesome Robin was just yet :(
Thank you for commenting, @improv!
The shame! <3
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I can totally relate. I had a similar experience, and was somewhat dazed for days. As you said, nothing made sense.
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thing that you should watch if you like Robin is his interview inside the actors studio i can't find it on youtube. found this, maybe it will work. also if i remember in original it was over 2 hours long because he did shit load of improvisation. speed of his brain was just unbelievable
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64ojf8
He really was incredible :) Thank you, I hadn't seen this, but so far I am loving it :D
they had to cut heavy, once i seen it on youtube, it was 2 hours +
One of my favourite comedians, an excellent actor, I loved Mrs Doubtfire. Sad that he decided to take his own life.
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