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Article: Oedipus redux
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 10, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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It has long been supposed that Robin Williams's screen persona
- fluffy grown-up, eternal urchin - was somehow indicative of the
actor's state of mind. In Jack, Williams plays a 10-year-old with
an accelerated aging process which gives him the appearance of
someone four times his age. "On the inside, he's a kid," a teacher
notes. We are being directed to nod along with this as a fair
approximation of both character and actor, but it's simply not true
of the latter. Williams has discovered his outer, not inner, child.
On the outside, he's a kid all right, with his keenly observed
mannerisms and insistent whinge. But on the inside, he's a
calculating charlatan who has finally been undone by ...
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