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August 12, 2014 at 12:02 am #612316
JanSParticipantRobin Williams dead at 63…suicide :(
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dead-dies_n_5670050.html
what a talent. Depression is such an awful thing, and it affects too many of us.
From Dead Poets Society:
“To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here – that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
August 12, 2014 at 12:24 am #811957
CaitParticipantI really can’t believe this one, even with how vocal he has always been about his depression and his substance abuse. It just seemed like if he’d made it this long that he was in it for the long haul, but we never really know do we? He has long been my favorite actor for so many reasons and his Live At The Met album was a huge inspiration for me, especially when it came to doing comedy myself.
I know TR usually posts this when stories like this come up, but it’s never too early to remind people about the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255. Keep it programmed in your phone… you never know when you might be in the right place to help someone.
August 12, 2014 at 12:26 am #811958
StarskyParticipantSo very sad. Great man..na nu na nu
August 12, 2014 at 12:32 am #811959
JoBParticipantwhen you flirt with death
sometimes death wins
i just realized how callous that sounds and i don’t mean it that way… it’s just that the line between attempted and accomplished suicide is so very small.
i tried once and was lucky enough to land on the living side .. but it so easily could have gone the other way. I am so very glad it didn’t.
August 12, 2014 at 12:40 am #811960
JanSParticipantOf all the things he did, Mork and Mindy was terrific…what a start ….and onward to an Academy Award. Will definitely miss him
August 12, 2014 at 12:49 am #811961
JayDeeParticipantI remember staying up late to watch the Tonight Show with him as a guest and even Johnny Carson ended up laughing uncontrollably at his rapid fire jokes, impressions, and unpredictability. He was a funny yet serious and gifted man.
August 12, 2014 at 6:11 am #811962
JanSParticipantAugust 12, 2014 at 8:38 am #811963
HMC RichParticipantI will miss him and his talents. To me he was one of the funniest people I had the pleasure to watch. He made me laugh and cry.
Depression is a cruel affliction. It is a disease that affects so many. Most people do not understand it. I just want to tell all the people I know who battle depression that I Love You.
August 12, 2014 at 1:07 pm #811964
littlebrowndogParticipantI found this to be very articulate:
http://www.blogher.com/what-suicide-isn-t-rip-robin-williams
August 12, 2014 at 5:22 pm #811965
wakefloodParticipantOK, so I get the personal bias thing and the fact that people – especially professional critics – are expected to take them into account when providing said critiques but I’m a little tweaked about an oversight I’ve noticed.
Recently I’ve read three or four post death career retrospectives of two important artists whose careers crossed on a particular movie that has gone unmentioned in all.
The movie I’m speaking of is Moscow on the Hudson. Directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Robin Williams, in what was, to that time, his first low-key, primarily serious role.
I thought he nailed it and the movie was, while critically well-received, undervalued in both their bodies of work.
Miss them both.
August 12, 2014 at 8:57 pm #811966
charlabobParticipantThank you for the incredibly powerful link, Little Brown Dog. Not for the faint of heart.
We were talking about the need to find reasons to laugh Sunday morning and Robin came up in our conversation. He made it OK to be silly and that’s really enough.
Off to revisit Moscow on the Hudson. Thanks for the reminder.
August 12, 2014 at 10:42 pm #811967
waynsterParticipantI loved what the Academy tweeted today…. “Genie you’re free”….
August 13, 2014 at 12:16 am #811968
wakefloodParticipantI should correct my note from above. MoH was shortly after World According to Garp, which just happens to be one of my favs and will watch whenever it’s on.
And that one was directed by my favorite director of all time, George Roy Hill. Check out his resume some time. You’ll wonder why he isn’t mentioned with the Capra’s and Huston’s, Coppola’s and Scorsese’s.
August 13, 2014 at 8:05 am #811969
JanSParticipantAugust 14, 2014 at 5:31 am #811970
DMParticipantI have SO many fond memories of Robin Williams. He was truly a performance genius. Profoundly gifted as a comedian and actor, and extremely generous with his support and enthusiasm towards his colleagues and multiple causes. I don’t know if there has ever been anyone like him…But I have to say: during my darkest life moments, and there have been a few, I always found my hand grabbing and inserting the film “The Fisher King” for blessed “knowing” distraction. That film always dove down to the place I was at, and then brought me back up. A life buoy film. Still is.. Thank you Robin (and Terry Gilliam)!
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