Casualty Of Comedy 2014 Bill Cosby's Silent Past, Robin Williams Suicide; 'Weird Year For Comedy. We Lost Robin...We Kind Of Lost Cosby'
Chris Rock knows the meanderings behind making it as a comedian. Recently, he spoke out about the Bill Cosby scandal and what it means for the entertainment business and the tarnished 'black voice' in America. The Casualty Of Comedy 2014 Bill Cosby is a tragedy encircling the world of acting and showbiz just as Robin William's bout with depression ending in a suicide.
Chris Rock told New York Magazine, "It's a weird year for comedy," adding, "We lost Robin, ...and we kind of lost Cosby."
Todd Leopold writes in a CNN article titled, 'How will we remember Bill Cosby?' " He was a groundbreaking comedian, famed for his shaggy-dog storytelling on routines such as "Noah" and "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With." He worked clean, even when other comedians went blue," WPTZ reported.
Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers and Rives were all 'decades-old' comedians and we knew them like our own family members. Casualty Of Comedy 2014 Bill Cosby, characterized by Bill Cosby's stained reputation and the Robin Williams depression suicide, are especially saddening because they offered paternal authority to a generation of TV and cinema watchers.
The Denver Post noted, "Generations of kids were raised on their work, from Cosby's "I Spy," "Fat Albert" and "The Cosby Show," to Williams' breakthrough sitcom "Mork and Mindy" and films like "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Dead Poets Society."
Jerry Seinfeld, 60, who had a successful comedy TV show in 90's told People Magazine about the Bill Cosby allegations from nearly 20 women and the scandal spiraling out of hand, "I was very upset, very upset. Still upset. I don't know what to make of it, but it's just upsetting."
Both Chris Rock and Seinfeld presented Cosby, 'America's TV Dad' with the Mark Twin Prize for American Humor in 2009 and Cosby has worked closely with many famous entertainers like the comedy genius Richard Pryor.
Chris Rock, just as shocked as Seinfeld told Vulture magazine, "I grew up on Cosby. I love Cosby, and I just hope it's not true. It's a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin [Williams], we lost Joan [Rivers], and we kind of lost Cosby."