Mrs Doubtfire.....

[Smowball]

Just watching it for the first time in ages...... god I forgot how funny it was. So so sad how Robin Williams felt he couldn’t go on.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah sad, troubled genius. They often have their demons, if only they could see themselves how we see them.

[Patsy33]

Oh, that was funny. Loved Robin Williams.

[Ellipsis]

He had a form of dementia which contributed to his death:

https://whdh.com/entertainment/lewy-body-dementia-the-life-changing-disease-that-devastated-robin-williams

[sanmac]

An excellent movie with an excellent actor. Here are some scenes which were taken out:

[DTCwordfan]

He was one of the most miserable 'celebs' that I have ever met, second only, perhaps, to Patrick Troughton of Dr Who fame.

[andy-hughes]

DTC - // He was one of the most miserable 'celebs' that I have ever met, second only, perhaps, to Patrick Troughton of Dr Who fame. //

I think it's important that we cut famous people a little slack - they may be famous but they are also people.

That means they can be miserable for large variety of reasons, same as the rest of us, but sadly, because of their fame, that momentary misery will always be remembered by anyone who meets them, and will colour their perception of that person.

I met Mick Jones from The Clash once for an interview, at Rock City in Nottingham, and we walked towards each other across the large venue floor, he was carrying a bunch of roses.

I pointed out that it seemed odd to see him carrying flowers. "Why?" he demanded to know, obviously offended by my observation. "Why shouldn't I be carrying flowers then?"

He was called away at that point, and I met him again ten minutes later, the 'flowers' incident was not mentioned, and he was competely charming and a great interviwee.

My point is, if I had been a fam, and we had had that initial exchange, and nothing else, I would have had him pegged as a miserable so-and-so, and clearly he was anything but.

We can catch people at the wrong moment, it can happen to anyone, but we should be careful not to let that cloud our opinion, simply because someone else is famous, and meeting them is memorable for us more than for them,

[237SJ]

I loved him in The Birdcage

[jennyjoan]

never thought doubtfire was funny - how could he have passed for a woman - beats me

[douglas9401]

It did tend to drag on.

[DTCwordfan]

andy - it wasn't just a one-off meeting - we saw him four or five times that we were all staying in the lodge in Lochinver ....I give him some slack in that he did suffer from bi-polarism/depression, as many celebs (comedians) do, such as Paul Merton or Spike Milligan.

[andy-hughes]

DTC - //
andy - it wasn't just a one-off meeting - we saw him four or five times that we were all staying in the lodge in Lochinver ....I give him some slack in that he did suffer from bi-polarism/depression, as many celebs (comedians) do, such as Paul Merton or Spike Milligan. //

Then I am happy to stand corrected re. your observation about Mr Williams - although of course my response was based on the information available at the time.