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Rob Reiner

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I had no idea. This is a terrible tragedy, he was a brilliant director. I just watched the second Spinal Tap this past weekend.
 
A terrible loss - a very talented man.

(And I'm so old, I remember his father, Carl Reiner!)

from a Reddit post:

In the pandemic, there was a multi-celeb-made reading/reenactment of The Princess Bride. In the final scene, Rob plays the boy being read the story, while the person playing the grandfather would have been recording it elsewhere. Rob had not been told that in the final scene, the grandfather would be played by his real father, legendary Carl Reiner. Carl Reiner died before Rob found out about this, and the footage came as a posthumous surprise. Not only was his last message from his dad him paying tribute to his sons work as a peer, but he spoke the last line to camera, to Rob: “As you wish.”

From the film: “That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying 'As you wish,' what he meant was, 'I love you.'
 
NutmegCT said:
A terrible loss - a very talented man.

(And I'm so old, I remember his father, Carl Reiner!)

from a Reddit post:

In the pandemic, there was a multi-celeb-made reading/reenactment of The Princess Bride. In the final scene, Rob plays the boy being read the story, while the person playing the grandfather would have been recording it elsewhere. Rob had not been told that in the final scene, the grandfather would be played by his real father, legendary Carl Reiner. Carl Reiner died before Rob found out about this, and the footage came as a posthumous surprise. Not only was his last message from his dad him paying tribute to his sons work as a peer, but he spoke the last line to camera, to Rob: “As you wish.”

From the film: “That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying 'As you wish,' what he meant was, 'I love you.'
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Carl was a genius writer!
 
I did not agree with a lot of his political activities, but I really respected his integrity. He was very serious about his political views but he also vigorously defended the rights of others to disagree with him. Respect for others is getting hard to find today. His talent in the entertainment industry was impressive in many ways.
 
DocDup1 said:
I did not agree with a lot of his political activities, but I really respected his integrity. He was very serious about his political views but he also vigorously defended the rights of others to disagree with him. Respect for others is getting hard to find today. His talent in the entertainment industry was impressive in many ways.
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I don’t want this topic to get political which is why I have only talked about his brilliance as a director. I did, however, recently watch an interview with James Wood, who, let’s just say, was on the opposite side of the spectrum from Reiner, and Wood was talking about how, despite their differences, were good friends.
 
Well said, one of my best friends is as far from my political slant as you can get. We have had many wonderful hours discussing things over an adult beverage. Each time, we part with a handshake.
 
DocDup1 said:
Well said, one of my best friends is as far from my political slant as you can get. We have had many wonderful hours discussing things over an adult beverage. Each time, we part with a handshake.
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I had two friends from years back that were of opposite minds with mine.
One was someone who adopted me as a best friend in high school, in New York.
We had some strange political differences that eventually merged.
He passed away from Covid in 2013 with no warning.
The other was someone I met back in 1977 when I first moved to California.
We had a dispute of some sort back in 2015 or so, and we haven't spoken since.
So I now find myself recently building relationships that are more politically and socially active.
I find it to be a strange trip I'm on.
 
I don't talk politics with many people because pretty much everyone is offended by my politics. :argue:
 
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