Robins Williams plays a great clown in the film “Patch Adams”
when he decides that he wants to make people laugh. His career starts out when he is studying to
be a doctor and decides the best form of medicine is laughter and fun. Williams portrays a clown who wears a red
nose cap and giant shoes that squeak when he walks. His entire outfit is matched with a medical
professional although he adds a few items that any other clown would wear. By doing this it shows that he wants to fit
into the hospital but also in a joking way.
Robin Williams uses great clown techniques by performing
tricks for children. He blows up
balloons and morphs them into different animals. Another thing he likes to do is pull out
different toys from his pockets and things that are much too large to fit in
his jacket so it looks funny. As a
clown, Williams uses a lot of motion.
His arms seem to always be flailing in the air and he’s always got
something different to show people for comedic effect.
Williams shows how a clown can be happy at times and very sad
at others. He gives off a wide range of
emotions due to the different people he encounters. Some of his patients require serious medical
work which laughter alone cannot fix, and other times he can simply do the
trick by telling a few jokes and making a fool of himself. This primarily works with the patients with
mental disorders who are in need of therapists.
As a whole I would say Robin Williams showed me the significance
of clown work; that you must truly understand your targeted audience and be
able to relate with them in some way or another. Find what stresses them out and make a joke
out of it.
No comments:
Post a Comment