2018-10-30

I watched Bicentennial Man again

    Bicentennial Man
Since the death of Robin Williams I have been having difficulty watching his work on the television. Just yesterday I viewed my bluray of Bicentennial Man after a long while of avoiding it intentionally.

Somehow, the melancholy of his passing infuses me with a sadness still after all this time.

Robin Williams
Robin Williams
July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014
    
Robin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Born in Chicago. An improvisational virtuoso, he first caught my eye listening to Throbbing Python of Love ... a stand up comedy recording available at the local Tower Records in El Toro, California where I resided.

He had a long career on television and film. He was accessible to his fans who typically got a great shot of him smiling in their selfie and what not ...

He died at has own hand after cancellation of his television series and a recent diagnosis of Lewy body dementia.

Oh the humanity ... and now all we have are those parts he portrayed and the clips from appearances and such.

August 11, 2014 was the date of a personal tragedy for me when he decided he could not go on.

Those thoughts of who he was and all he did pass through my mind from time to time.

Sometimes it's difficult to fathom that nobody could make a difference for him and therein lay what hurts for me.

If I could have intervened I would have but alas, I was not even in his sphere of existence other than through the media he frequented during his lifetime.

The "what if's" and "if onlys" plague me to this day.