On Gene Wilder …. a life’s work!!
Gene Wilder’s (Jerome Silberman) passing has given me so much to think about. Ever since I was a little kid, I (like millions of other children) was fascinated with Gene Wilder’s rendition of Willie Wonka. After seeing the film, I wanted to see every film he acted in. I felt as if he was a member of my Jewish American family and that, like a teacher, he wanted to help me – through his acting – to let go and turn my actions into a vehicle for a comical kind of transcendence or for establishing a creative and yet humble relationship with people and the world. I would literally try out some of his gestures (with my head, my eyes, or even my posture) with my own family members and then take note of whether or not I made them smile. In the midst of this, I would check in…
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