Willy Wonka Died Today, The World Lost a Wonderful Clown
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Gene Wilder passed away today and the world's a little sadder for it.
Rest in Peace Gene Wilder
I will always smile whenever I think of you.
SGG
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Here's a snippet from PBS
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Wilder's Wonka was warm and child like, Depp's made me want to take a shower. The actors who replaced Wilder in the remakes of his movies were missing something...charm
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And yet another piece, this time at the 92 Street Y in New York.
I am saddened by his passing, he was one of my favorite comedic actors. Silly and inventive, the Charlie Chaplin of our time. The genius of his style of
comedy will be missed.
He will be missed.
RIP Gene Wilder!
SGG
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I agree with you 1000%
To me, he was Willy Wonka.
SGG
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Originally posted by whozit:
Wilder's Wonka was warm and child like, Depp's made me want to take a shower. The actors who replaced Wilder in the remakes of his movies were missing something...charm
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With all due respect I just heard an interview on the radio with his nephew and somehow the point came up that he specifically rejected being called a clown but wanted to be known as an actor with comedic talent or some such thing. This was more than vanity and the nephew explained the context of this but the link below shows he was emphatic about it. I guess I never knew people assigned the term "clown" to him in the first place but they must have and I can see it from his goofier performances.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/movies/gene-wilder-dead.html?_r=0
As a contrast to his goofy work I bet few have heard of or watched "Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx." Most people look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it. It even co-stared Margo Kidder (who is a dream to see at that age.) The movie is definitely rough around the edges a bit but the story and the character played by Wilder is...well, odd. He is sympathetic at times - less so in other times. He is funny, vulnerable, bold and scared. It is one of my favorite gems few others know about and the only reason I knew about it was from a single word mentioned by one of the Wonka "kids" in the commentary audio of the Wonka DVD.
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I know I've seen "Quackser Fortune," but probably only once, and that was so long ago I don't remember anything about it or even if I liked it.
I'm sure the first time I saw Gene it was the bit part he had in Bonnie & Clyde, then later that year he had a breakout performance in The Producers.
I enjoyed all of his pairings with Richard Pryor, they worked so well together, but my favorites will always be Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
RIP Gene, you will long be remembered.
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Yep.
My favorite of theirs was Stir Crazy..........."yes, that's right, we're bad!"
SGG
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Him and Richard Pryor. Pryor's character was blind and Gene's was deaf. Can't think of the name of the film.
ETA Just looked it up. Was "Hear No Evil, See No Evil"
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Yes, I didn't realize that he preferred being known as an actor with comedic
underpinnings. But I think many of his fans consider him to be a comic
genius, much like his partner-in-crime, Richard Pryor. Gene as a gifted actor and Richard as a brilliant stand-up comic. He was proud of being
able to go from comedy to drama at the drop of a hat. He mentioned that for
the film The Frisco Kid.
I remember seeing "Quackser Fortune" and how odd it was, but I wasn't aware
he started in Bonnie & Clyde in 1967. One of my favorites in the early days
of his film career is The Producers with Zero Mostel. Bialystock & Bloom!
But, for me, he will forever be Willy Wonka. The remake was a total disaster, that's like trying to remake Casablanca; you just don't do it. There is nothing like the original.
SGG
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Originally posted by THX:
With all due respect I just heard an interview on the radio with his nephew and somehow the point came up that he specifically rejected being called a clown but wanted to be known as an actor with comedic talent or some such thing. This was more than vanity and the nephew explained the context of this but the link below shows he was emphatic about it. I guess I never knew people assigned the term "clown" to him in the first place but they must have and I can see it from his goofier performances.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/movies/gene-wilder-dead.html?_r=0
As a contrast to his goofy work I bet few have heard of or watched "Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx." Most people look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it. It even co-stared Margo Kidder (who is a dream to see at that age.) The movie is definitely rough around the edges a bit but the story and the character played by Wilder is...well, odd. He is sympathetic at times - less so in other times. He is funny, vulnerable, bold and scared. It is one of my favorite gems few others know about and the only reason I knew about it was from a single word mentioned by one of the Wonka "kids" in the commentary audio of the Wonka DVD.
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