Exemplification Essay: The Roles Of Robin Williams

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And here’s a shocking fact: An audience member had to be carted away via ambulance due to a hernia induced by laughing too hard at Robin during his performance! I think this is why everybody admires him so much, because there is nobody who could do this.
Robin Williams toured a lot and really expensive with his stand-up routine. He was also the first artist who ever performed a solo comedy concert at The Metropolitan Opera House. Beyond delivering side-splitting stand-up, Williams brought many unforgettable film characters to life. For example Euphegenia Doubtfire (“Mrs. Doubtfire”), Adrian Cronauer (“Good Morning Vietnam”), John Keating (“Dead Poets Society”), Dr. Malcolm Sayer (“Awakenings”), Genie (“Aladdin”), Armand Goldman (“The Birdcage”) and Sean Maguire (“Good Will Hunting"). Whick are all roles from his most famous movies which I mentioned before.
Robin Williams had this unique ability to move audiences and viewers from tears of laughter or tears generated by an emotionally intense performance. Which was for example his Oscar-winning performance opposite Matt Damon in the Best Picture Oscar nominated film “Good Will Hunting.” It’s also impossible not to cry during the emotional breakthrough moment when Sean advises Will the child abuse he suffered was not his fault.
Robin Williams proved his acting prowess time and received three
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His totally unique talent in this busniess will remain as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time. Just how can someone do what he did? Robin Williams’ legacy of laughter will live on forever in the hearts and minds of everbody he touched with his admirable imagination and his extraordinary gift for creating thousands of smiles. I don’t think people could ever forget him, his movies will always be showed, parents will tell their children about him and he will always be an inspiration for every actor and comedian. I appreciate him and the work he left

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