Comments on: A Moment of Silence for Marcel Marceau

By: nancy miller

nancy miller — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:40:51 +0000

I studied w/Marceau at Le Mimmodrame in Paris. I had thought he was unaware of my existence. After missing his class because of meeting a man I fell in love with, Marceau saw me in the auditorium waiting for a dramatic arts course. He stopped and tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Mademoiselle, you were not in my class today.” Nervously, I responded that I had been sick and then felt better. “Mademoiselle?”, he responded…”YOU are in LOVE” “No, no, no, Monsieur Marceau”, I pleadingly lied, embarrassed to tell the truth…and repeated…”Really…I was sick.” “Mademoiselle?” he responded for a second time … “YOU are in LOVE!” That is when I knew for sure that he had an incredible sensitivity to read me and I KNEW he could teach me so much. I am sad to here of his passing. The adventure of leaving New York to audition and study with him is a great memory.

By: robb

robb — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:58:02 +0000

He was also the only person to speak a line in Mel Brooks’ Silent movie… He said “NO”

By: Geo

Geo — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:39:19 +0000

I have seen and heard the Marceau vinyl album.

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:22:56 +0000

Johnny Cat, you just reminded me of when I originally saw “Tootsie” in the theater… No sooner had he appeared onscreen than I whispered to my friend, “I hate mimes!” Lo and behold, one second later, Dustin Hoffman knocked him down. The two of us laughed harder than anyone else in the theater.

There’s a scene in the movie “FM” where there’s dead air for a minute or two, and Martin Mull saves the day by announcing “You’ve just been listening to the latest track by Marcel Marceau.” I wonder if that has anything to do with the rumor regarding his album…

By: Gary Boggess

Gary Boggess — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:15:09 +0000

I had the pleasure of being married to a woman who studied with Marcel Marceau. I remember when I first saw Marceau and I found him to be absolutely magical as a stage performer and mime. Marcel Marceau was an artist on the order of Chaplin… and was a man of DEEP artistic wealth. The world has lost a gem… and REAL artist. Marceau was a RARE gift, a special man and a GREAT PERFORMER who entertained the entire world. Long live Bip!!!

By: John Brown

John Brown — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:03:34 +0000

The record album goes like this on the 1st side……………………………………………………………………………………………and on the 2nd……………………………………………………………..clap clap clap Thank You!

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:13:12 +0000

Near the end of Tootsie, Hoffman pushes over a mime. I wonder if that was Marcel…

By: EastchesterJA

EastchesterJA — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:01:25 +0000

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J.R.R. Tolkein

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:01:59 +0000

Somewhere in the midst of my mess I have this album, purchased long ago.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:47:59 +0000

Sad about the passing of a master.

But for the record – the dragons quotation isn’t his. It’s from the Harvard Lampoon publication parody “Bored with the Rings” published back in the ’60s – a quotation now long since migrated to the land of sig files and otherwise unattributed trivia.