The word unique gets misused a lot. You can’t be a little bit unique or more unique than someone else. Unique means one of a kind.
There was nobody like Gene Wilder before Gene Wilder. And, while I’m sure many tried, no one has ever been able to copy him. Do Gene Wilder. Have a Gene Wilder-like career.
He was in a number of good to great movies, including ones you forget he was until you see them again. Such as the 1974 film version of Rhinoceros that co-starred Zero Mostel. And, of course, Bonnie and Clyde.
But I think I’ll remember Gene Wilder tonight by watching Silver Streak (1976), not his best movie certainly but loads of fun and I haven’t seen it in a very long time. In it, He makes a credible romantic lead opposite Jill Clayburgh. While also holding his own comedically with Richard Pryor.
How many actors could do that? And both in the same film? Only one that I know of. Who is gone now.
Unique can’t be replaced. It can only be missed. I will miss Gene Wilder.
The word unique gets misused a lot. You can’t be a little bit unique or more unique than someone else. Unique means one of a kind.
There was nobody like Gene Wilder before Gene Wilder. And, while I’m sure many tried, no one has ever been able to copy him. Do Gene Wilder. Have a Gene Wilder-like career.
He was in a number of good to great movies, including ones you forget he was until you see them again. Such as the 1974 film version of Rhinoceros that co-starred Zero Mostel. And, of course, Bonnie and Clyde.
But I think I’ll remember Gene Wilder tonight by watching Silver Streak (1976), not his best movie certainly but loads of fun and I haven’t seen it in a very long time. In it, He makes a credible romantic lead opposite Jill Clayburgh. While also holding his own comedically with Richard Pryor.
How many actors could do that? And both in the same film? Only one that I know of. Who is gone now.
Unique can’t be replaced. It can only be missed. I will miss Gene Wilder.
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