Sad news came yesterday when it was announced that
actor/comedian Robin Williams had died by suicide. Like everyone else, I’m at a
severe loss for words; any death is tragic and this one is no exception,
especially when considering the impact that Williams has had on many of us,
myself included. Now for the record, I’m not a comedian or an actor, but I did
grow up watching a lot of Williams’ films. When I was young, he was my favorite
actor and even as I got older, he was still one of my favorites. I know that
some are critical about how a lot of the comedies he did had the same inspirational
message in them but as for me, Williams’ charm and comedic ability managed to
overcome that. Now I haven’t actually seen any of his major dramatic roles in
films like ‘Good Will Hunting’ or ‘The Fisher King’ but I can tell, even
without seeing them (and I assure you that I will see them soon), that Williams’
performances in films like those were always top-notch. What’s my favorite film
of his? That easily has to be ‘Aladdin’, in which he played my personal
favorite Disney character; the Genie. Williams may have asked that his name and
image wouldn’t be used in the marketing, along with not having the Genie
dominate the advertising (two conditions that Disney did not abide by, by they
way), but in the end his performance was the highlight of the film.
But on another note, I hope that this will result in us all
contributing more to the cause of helping people deal with depression. No one
wants to go through it and unfortunately a lot of people have, and many tragic
turn of events similar to what happened with Williams have happened before and
unless we do something about it, it will continue to happen.
What else more can I
say but… we’ll miss you, Robin. Thanks for the laughter.
R.I.P. Robin Williams:
1951-2014
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