Film/TV Sep 26, 2014 at 9:30 am

Bill Cosby Is Either a New Andy Kaufman or a Very Old Bill Cosby

David Schmader
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I noticed the same thing. He appears to be at the cognitive level of a 4 year old. Maybe that's what happens when people introduce you as a genius for 30 years?
Mike Force on September 26, 2014 at 10:51 AM Report this
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He looks good for his age. And a snappy dresser.
Bugnroolet on September 26, 2014 at 11:07 AM Report this
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It's too deliberately funny to be genuine senility. I've had experience watching a funny, brilliant man going senile (my grandfather, RIP) as well as many others (I volunteered in a geriatric hospital for 4 years).

There were a handful of moments of inadvertent humor, but most of the time it was just awkward and painful, both for the person suffering and those observing. I don't see that underlying look of panic in Bill Cosby that I saw in my granddad or the other patients I worked with.
Megan on September 26, 2014 at 11:27 AM Report this
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I'll say this for Cosby, he gave Melvin Van Peebles the 50K that he needed to finish one of the greatest American films ever made--Sweet Sweetback's Bad Ass Song---forget about the Help or Crash, that was the real on race.
neo-realist on September 26, 2014 at 11:33 AM Report this
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@5 loaned, no?
Post_Mortem on September 26, 2014 at 12:47 PM Report this
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I think multiple accusations of rape warrants a stronger phrase than 'lingering bit of weirdness'.
LMC47 on September 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM Report this
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7: Agreed. The 'weirdness' is about how this refuses to stick to the cultural consciousness. (If this were Rush Limbaugh, we'd never stop hearing about it.) If I could rephrase it without effing up the poll, I'd change it to "Lingering bit of horribleness."
David Schmader on September 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM Report this
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8: Point taken. It's an interesting phenomenon that Cosby is not being called out on his behavior, but I am amongst those who can't reconcile the two sides of him - charming, lighthearted humorist vs manipulative, loathsome rapist. Can he be both?
LMC47 on September 26, 2014 at 1:29 PM Report this
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There's nothing odd in either of these, this is Cosby doing Cosby.
Dougsf on September 26, 2014 at 2:46 PM Report this
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@6, loaned, more specifically, yes. But the payback to tuned in cinephiles was large.
neo-realist on September 27, 2014 at 12:08 AM Report this
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This was obviously Cosby doing a Cosby imitation.
sirkowski on September 27, 2014 at 1:02 AM Report this

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