Post by Mrs Vindecco on Apr 5, 2011 15:18:50 GMT
This is a weird fandom for me because I'm in two minds about the individual. For most of my life I have been a major Peter Sellers fan starting off when I was little and watched The Pink Panther films (which I struggle with now) through my teens it was Dr Strangelove and The Ladykillers and into my twenties it was films like Lolita, Only Two Can Play and the very rare Hoffman
I'm a big comedy fan and I see that Sellers was a major influence to many performers not just in the films but his groundbreaking work in The Goon Show along with Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe became the blueprint of the absurdist humour. Pretty much all of Python have said that without the Goons, their show never would have existed.
I'm not exactly a fangirl of Sellers, I think I had a fleeting crush at one point but generally he just fascinates me. I don't think I am alone in this fascination because there have been dozens of biographies and film studies done about his life and work, I own five alone. There has been tons of documentaries made about his life and many people still show a lot of interest in him, 31 years after his death.
I do think he was comedy genius but his talent coupled with his famous demons are what interest most people. His behaviour was known to be difficult and at times plain baffling, and in the years following his death he has almost became the archetype of the tragic clown, though most of his misfortune was brought on himself.
It's weird being a Sellers fan because so many refuse to believe a lot of the negative stories about him (the appreciation society loathe the book, The Life and Death of Peter sellers by Roger Lewis which is a great read even if you're not a fan) and while I'm not saying every story is true, I think he wasn't always the nicest of people.
But as I said I do consider myself a fan, just a fandom that evokes mixed feelings. Here's a video I made in tribute to his life and work.
I'm a big comedy fan and I see that Sellers was a major influence to many performers not just in the films but his groundbreaking work in The Goon Show along with Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe became the blueprint of the absurdist humour. Pretty much all of Python have said that without the Goons, their show never would have existed.
I'm not exactly a fangirl of Sellers, I think I had a fleeting crush at one point but generally he just fascinates me. I don't think I am alone in this fascination because there have been dozens of biographies and film studies done about his life and work, I own five alone. There has been tons of documentaries made about his life and many people still show a lot of interest in him, 31 years after his death.
I do think he was comedy genius but his talent coupled with his famous demons are what interest most people. His behaviour was known to be difficult and at times plain baffling, and in the years following his death he has almost became the archetype of the tragic clown, though most of his misfortune was brought on himself.
It's weird being a Sellers fan because so many refuse to believe a lot of the negative stories about him (the appreciation society loathe the book, The Life and Death of Peter sellers by Roger Lewis which is a great read even if you're not a fan) and while I'm not saying every story is true, I think he wasn't always the nicest of people.
But as I said I do consider myself a fan, just a fandom that evokes mixed feelings. Here's a video I made in tribute to his life and work.
