jenniferstringer 's review for:

Robin by Dave Itzkoff

4.0

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It's interesting to read this after watching the Mr. Rogers Won't You Be My Neighbor documentary. The film stresses the importance of children growing up with a strong sense of their intrinsic value. From Itzkoff's presentation of Williams, Robin was greatly lacking in that area and had a cloying need for approval and acceptance from everyone he met. It led him to take projects that weren't really right for him and get involved with people he should have avoided. From what I saw of him, he really was a comic genius. It's too bad that comedy has such a short self-life. What's funny to one generation is not to the next. I still don't see what's funny about one of his signature lines, "I'm so excited to be here I could drop a log." That's just not funny; yet it brought uproarious laughter. Anyway, he brought a lot of people a lot of laughs. His story ends sadly, but a lot of good came before.