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French mime artist Marceau dies.
BBC News ^
| 09/23/2007
Posted on 09/23/2007 2:13:47 AM PDT by Argentine-Firecracker
Marceau was the world's best known mime artist The French mime artist Marcel Marceau has died at the age of 84, the AFP news agency has reported. The performer was known around the world for his silent portrayal of a white-faced clown with battered hat.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; marceau; mime; obituary
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To: Argentine-Firecracker
I still have an autographed copy of his 1967 Buddha Records LP: "The Sounds of Silence."
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posted on
09/23/2007 9:35:21 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: wtc911
I am NOT a fan of pantomime but was a fan of Marceau. A true artist and a French original.
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posted on
09/23/2007 9:37:02 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Clemenza
I have always steered clear of anyone who is a fan of mime. I put them in the same box as Hare Krishnas at the airport (without the finger cymbals).
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posted on
09/23/2007 9:40:48 AM PDT
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: wtc911
The problem is that most mimes are just GD AWFUL! Marceau was at least entertaining and original, at least when I was a child.
Seems to me that you don't see mimes performing as much as you did in the 1970s and 1980s. I guess Giuliani got them off the street.
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posted on
09/23/2007 9:43:31 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Clemenza
I've seen him live a couple of times during the 1970's as teenager. He was an amazing performer that was definitely way above everyone else in terms of doing mime. Gawd, his passing makes me feel old.
To: Mad in Madrid
So true... “en boca cerrada no entran moscas”...
To: Argentine-Firecracker
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09/23/2007 4:04:12 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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