StartOver wrote:
Don't worry, he won't understand... he has RIP goggles on, no matter what RW is now the greatest comedian that ever lived
This is a normal, if exaggerated, response in these situations. I don't find him, or any comedian for that matter, funny. I am too mature (too cool for school) for humor it seems. But I don't speak for the rest of the world - who may have thought him funny and others as well. What I thought was funny when a child and likely as an elderly adult is something that is temporal - had to be there, or a function of something else at the time.
One of my favorite Robin Williams movies was Bicentennial Man. A little humor, a bit of poignancy, a dreamer - a silly little movie really. But I enjoyed it and laughed and cried a bit. That is what movies and entertainment are supposed to do - reach out to our emotions. As a youngster I thought Mork was a little over the top, but so were the Three Stooges (to me). Humor gets stale after a while when there are no more surprises - listening to Fat Albert (Cosby) 40+ years later doesn't have the same effect as it did then. That doesn't mean it wasn't funny (is humor timelesss?) then, but my sensibilities have changed - not sure that it is for the better. Cynicism can be a dangerous thing, as we mature it can take over our emotions.
Personally I would not want to be a comic. Too much negative feedback/criticism from those who want to find something NOT funny, rather than from those (seemingly the minority?) who want to see/hear/feel the humor.
I liken Robin Williams somewhat to Peter Sellers, comics who did some drama - Robin perhaps moreso - but also had dark places in which to hide. Both died too young. Some found them funny, some did not, such is life.