Comic Relief

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Unfortunately, for me, there is no comic relief. I am looking for it, but can’t find it. I remember them --  Whoopi, Billy and Robin --at Shea Stadium in their Comic Relief T Shirts, putting a smile on every face in the place. But the memory, or a You Tube video, won't bring a smile to my face. Not now, not yet, maybe someday. The old clips only emphasize the tragedy and punctuate the loss.
I had the same feeling watching Philip Seymour Hoffman in “A Most Wanted Man”. No relief, only loss.
Robin’s dear friends and fellow Comic Reliefers said it best. Whoopi echoed Billy who said “There are No words”. Interesting for those who master words - speaking about a fellow master of words. Maybe they’re right and there are no words. Certainly, for me, there are no answers.         Someday, when I’m not looking for answers, I’ll watch a clip and laugh.

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Ellyn Finkelstein

No words, no answers and certainly no laughs for me either not now. Well put Benjamin!

Submitted by Erik_Scheibe on Thu, 08/14/2014 - 02:06

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Erik Scheibe

I agree Cayce, we need to listen to everyone. This has caused me to explore. The recurring theme that I have been reading about is personal trauma and loneliness. People put up walls that become so difficult to penetrate on both sides.
Rona Gura

It's amazing how people you have never met, can touch you. I have found myself watching clip after clip of him. Last night I watched the clip of the cast of Broadway's Aladdin honoring him and realized there were tears coming down my face. As his family asked, I will celebrate the way he lived not the way he died. Although, hopefully, people will now, as Cayce said, listen a bit more carefully to their loved ones.

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