It isnt just tragedy plus time. What struck me when watching Jerry Seinfelds often hilarious and often equally insightful series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee was how close comedy was to philosophy, and how incredibly intelligent and complicated so many great comedians were. Just like Robin Williams – and Russell Brand. Whatever you make of his tabloid life, his writing is beautiful. The best thing Ive read in all the commentary about Williamss tragic life and death: When someone gets to 63 I imagined, hoped, I suppose, that maturity would grant an immunity to adolescent notions of suicide but today I read that suicide isn’t exclusively a young man’s game. Robin Williams at 63 still hadn’t come to terms with being Robin Williams. Now I am incapable of looking back at my fleeting meeting with him with any kind of objectivity, I am bound to apply, with hindsight, some special significance to his fragility, meekness and humility. Hidden behind his beard and kindness and compliments was a kind of awkwardness, like he was in the wrong context or element, a fallen bird on a hard floor. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/aug/12/russell-brand-robin-williams-divine-madness-broken-world?CMP=fb_gu
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:01:19 +0000
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