Marcel Marceau Dies

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Published on September 23, 2007 By Gideon MacLeish In Misc

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070923/ap_on_en_ot/obit_marceau;_ylt=AprZu7Yegd8h2AfGUiqn3V.s0NUE

Marcel Marceau, easily the most famous mime ever, has passed away at 84.

While mime is a much ridiculed and parodied art, Marceau easily brought it to a level of recognition that few others could ever achieve. He was an artist in the truest sense of the word.

But (trying to beat the rest of the Internet to the punchlines) how, exactly, do you eulogize someone like that?

Comments

Dr Guy

on Sep 24, 2007

With one hand clapping of course.

Seriously, it is parodied, but then it is a very difficult art form. And one I do enjoy seeing done well.

Gideon MacLeish

on Sep 24, 2007

Oh, Marceau was brilliant, to be sure.

Still never let it be said that I missed the opportunity for a truly, truly cheap laugh.

Jythier

on Sep 24, 2007

When asked if they saw it coming, friends replied, "He never said anything."

ParaTed2k

on Sep 24, 2007

The mime was silenced.

The eulogy left the preacher speechless.

The mime lay unmoving, not a word fell from his hands.

The lid was closed on the invisible casket.

At the viewing, someone looked at his greasepaintless face and remarked, "He never looked more natural".

Mimes around the world will mourn his death, the press could get no comment from them.

;~D

foreverserenity

on Sep 24, 2007

Applause......[for his routine and what he did for his craft of course!]

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