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Floor Pie said:
As has been said by Stratton_Gun, I normally couldn't care less about celebs, or why their deaths are so prominent in media. But I am actually a bit down after hearing that he is dead.

He is an actual actor. Not like the majority now, who just "act" exactly the same way that they actually are.
Good will hunting and bicentennial man, to Mrs Doubtfire and Good morning Vietnam.

Pork hunt, it's terrible we went out the way he did.
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Agreed. This has affected me way more than I thought it would. A very sad day.
 
very sad news.
I'm not a movie lover and very rarely sit through 2 hours of make believe but whenever a Robin Williams flick would pop up, I'd tune in as he was one of those eccentric geniuses who would give you a laugh throughout.
If any good can come out of this, I would hope anyone who is battling depression and/or addictions would seek the necessarily help today.
 
Floor Pie said:
Pork hunt, it's terrible we went out the way he did.
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Hopefully one day you'll come to realize that death is in most cases something to celebrate. That people like robin do not choose to be depressed, choose to be abused the way they were at some point in their life that caused depression, do not choose to be emphaths , do not choose to feel others peoples pain. Hopefully people will be happy for people like Robin who went on his terms, finally he got control and took a choice.
 

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little graham said:
Hopefully one day you'll come to realize that death is in most cases something to celebrate. That people like robin do not choose to be depressed, choose to be abused the way they were at some point in their life that caused depression, do not choose to be emphaths , do not choose to feel others peoples pain. Hopefully people will be happy for people like Robin who went on his terms, finally he got control and took a choice.
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"Choose to be abused"

You're an idiot.
 
ManWithNoName said:
"Choose to be abused"

You're an idiot.
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He was trying to say he didn't choose to be abused. It was a nice post.

Most good comedy comes from something deeper. That's why Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler suck nurries. There's always something critical or it comes from analysis and introspection and watching, finding humour in things that some people can find banal or boring or actually sad. If you're able to tap into those things you're probably able to tap into yourself and the world and find the nadir of everything in them. It doesn't matter anyway. I don't 63 is a bad age. He gave people happiness and that's just a good thing. Who cares how he died.
 
Silent Alarm said:
He was trying to say he didn't choose to be abused. It was a nice post.

Most good comedy comes from something deeper. That's why Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler suck nurries. There's always something critical or it comes from analysis and introspection and watching, finding humour in things that some people can find banal or boring or actually sad. If you're able to tap into those things you're probably able to tap into yourself and the world and find the nadir of everything in them. It doesn't matter anyway. I don't 63 is a bad age. He gave people happiness and that's just a good thing. Who cares how he died.
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Ah yes. misread it. Apologies LG.
 
Damon_3388 said:
I don't think it's limited to just him. A lot of comedians, particularly ones of his vintage, seem to have suffered from depression and personal demons.
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As I mentioned in the Robin Williams thread on the Media and Entertainment board he was buddies with John Belushi and was doing drugs with him at the time he died of an overdose back in 1982. Likewise Chris Farley died of a drug overdose in his 30s back in 1997 and like Robin Williams and John Belushi he was a mad comic genius that battled personal demons, drink, drugs and depression. It seems to go with the territory with performers like that, they have crazy creative highs when they're as funny as hell but also terrible lows to balance it out which most people don't see and which quite often gets the better of them.
 
I heard the sad news dring down the M7 this morning, came as a great shock. Linda Mottram on ABC dug out an interview on 2BL back in '88 when Williams was in Australia promoting Good Morning Vietnam, and Leo Schofield was the interviewer. I was in hysterics and tears, the man had a gift that he was all too happy to share.

As Gough so succinctly put, tears of a clown indeed. Vale.
 
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I have never been affected by celebrity deaths either, that is because I couldn't care for the hype they receive, but this death has visibly affected me more then I would have thought. As other have said, I cannot sit down and watch an entire movie anymore, I will always get bored within half an hour, however I grew up watching him and loved his natural talent. Easily in my top 5 favourite comedian/actors of all time. He cannot be replaced by anyone.

The world is now a more serious place without him. RIP Robin, you will be greatly missed by all.

Going to watch Good Will Hunting after dinner in memory of him.
 

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Comic genius, I wan't massively into his stand-up but was really really clever.

I think he may well have been without peer when it came to his ability to portray the emotional side of the human condition in way that was powerful yet understated, not cheesy and melodramatic. I'm not sure how to describe it, but there was something old-fashioned, humble, and simple about how he acted, (at least in dramatic type roles) I think that's what has made him so endearing to many ITT.
 
The Fisher King is an underrated flick, very good indeed
 
PAdman said:
One of the worst posts I've ever read, in fact you've disgraced the good man Robin Williams just by posting this.
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I've admitted I misread the post and apologised. Settle.
 
Gonna watch Hook tonight.

Loved his acting and stand up. Just a very unique person and the world is far poorer for him not being in it.

RIP Robin.
 

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Incredibly sad news. He was truly a unique talent who kept me entertained in many films throughout my childhood but could also pull off serious roles brilliantly such as the one in Good Will Hunting. As people have said, I don't usually get affected by celebrity deaths but this is a sad one. He will be greatly missed.
 
roo2macca said:
Incredibly sad news. He was truly a unique talent who kept me entertained in many films throughout my childhood but could also pull off serious roles brilliantly such as the one in Good Will Hunting. As people have said, I don't usually get affected by celebrity deaths but this is a sad one. He will be greatly missed.
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Likewise.
Felt gutted when I heard the news at work today, teared up a little which was awkward in front of my staff.
Great memories of his career.
Grew up watching Mork and Mindy, took girlfriends to the movies to see Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam and Awakenings and now some of my kids favourite movies are Jumanji and RV.
Funny, funny man who always seemed to have a sadness about him (think it was in his eyes).
I'll miss him and will watch Good Morning Vietnam this weekend just to relieve one of the greatest comedic performances.
 
You'd never know about this news until your news feed is spammed with hordes of RIP robin Williams statuses, but he was a very talented man and one of the greatest movie comedians who I loved as a kid who succumbed to a cruel illness.
 

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