On a much more personal note, a little something about Robin Williams. He fell off my radar a bit in...
On a much more personal note, a little something about Robin Williams. He fell off my radar a bit in later years, I’d sort of groan when he had a comedy special come on and FACES OF OLD DOGS was one of my favorite websites for a while. But with his passing, I was instantly brought back to my teenage years, watching DEAD POETS SOCIETY on repeat and telling myself over and over and over again, “Avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”
Fast forward to college, watching GOOD WILL HUNTING with Robin back when we were just two kids who were getting to know each other and telling friends, “Sorry, guys; I gotta see about a girl.”
Rewind to my childhood, my dad would have Mork & Mindy on and although I didn’t understand most of the jokes, I still nanoo-nannoed with the best of them.
HOOK and MS. DOUBTFIRE, my awkward blind date to see WHAT DREAMS MAY COME.ALADDIN, of course, and working at the video store and falling for THE FISHER KING.POPEYE playing on Sunday mornings along with Harryhausen and Shaw Bros. flicks, becoming some of my early mainstays.
Robin Williams was, in some weird way, with me for most of my life. And he really did bring me a lot of a joy, making his passing a lot harder to take.
I don’t shy from the fact that I’ve been going to therapists since I was 16 years old. In fact, I have an appointment in a half hour for my weekly check-in. And with Robin Williams passing, I just want to take a moment to remind you all that depression is real, and that you need to support the people in your lives that suffer from it and appreciate every moment that you have with them. I forget to do that myself, sometimes. I am going to make a better effort not to do that anymore.
It doesn’t have to end like this. It never should.
