Robin Williams dead at 63

• sherm03

  

  QuakerOats;1643434 wrote:The comedy and humor are often the mask hiding the depression, and can serve as a brief respite, but likely not enough to overcome the disease.

  Definitely not enough. It's a coping mechanism. That's how a lot of comedians deal with their problems. They turn it into a joke and when the crowd is laughing at it, it gives you the feeling that it's OK and everyone goes through what you're feeling. But then the show ends. And you're back in your hotel room with just your thoughts and you forget that other people are going through that too and feel like you're all alone. It sucks.
• QuakerOats

  sherm03;1643437 wrote:Definitely not enough. It's a coping mechanism. That's how a lot of comedians deal with their problems. They turn it into a joke and when the crowd is laughing at it, it gives you the feeling that it's OK and everyone goes through what you're feeling. But then the show ends. And you're back in your hotel room with just your thoughts and you forget that other people are going through that too and feel like you're all alone. It sucks.

  
  Exactly. The depressed always need to remember 2 things: millions of others are going through the same thing, and there is a lot of help available.
• Tiernan

  sherm03;1643431 wrote:If you're serious about that question and not just trying to be a dick, there's lot of reasons why a bunch of comedians suffer from depression.

  Didn't realize we had a real life comedian in the room. Thanks for the explanation...but yeah I was just trying to be a dick.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Underrated: Garp, one of his best roles.
  
  Overrated: Hook, it was hated by everyone including Spielberg, Roberts and Hoffman.
• pmoney25

  

  I wouldn't say Hook was hated by everyone, I think if you were a child in the 5-12 range at that time, you probably enjoyed it and still do. I was 10 when it came out and I watched it a ton growing up.
  
  
  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1643495 wrote:Underrated: Garp, one of his best roles.
  
  Overrated: Hook, it was hated by everyone including Spielberg, Roberts and Hoffman.

• vball10set

  http://www.toledoblade.com/A-E/2014/08/12/Sheriff-Comedian-Robin-Williams-hanged-himself.html
• sleeper

  

  Tiernan;1643455 wrote:Didn't realize we had a real life comedian in the room. Thanks for the explanation...but yeah I was just trying to be a dick.

  For being a comedian, Sherm isn't very funny.
• sherm03

  

  sleeper;1643507 wrote:For being a comedian, Sherm isn't very funny.

  Thanks.
• Tiernan

  Well theoretically there is an opening in the comedian hierarchy now Sherm. Good Luck.
• Zoltan

  Manhattan Buckeye;1643495 wrote:Underrated: Garp, one of his best roles.
  
  Overrated: Hook, it was hated by everyone including Spielberg, Roberts and Hoffman.

  Hook was a children's movie that most children loved. Not overrated at all.
• -Society-

  

  What we've learned from this is that comedians suck at life and are severely depressed. Source: sherm.
• sherm03

  

  -Society-;1643704 wrote:What we've learned from this is that comedians suck at life and are severely depressed. Source: sherm.

  Pretty much. Good summation.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Did anyone see the article on Yahoo about all of the "winners" tweeting negative posts to his daughter? People irk me.
• vball10set

  bigdaddy2003;1643897 wrote:Did anyone see the article on Yahoo about all of the "winners" tweeting negative posts to his daughter? People irk me.

  
  Saw something similar on MSN...
  
  http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=882077