lspencer534
12-22-2016, 1:32pm
This video has already been viewed over a million times. It's being praised as 8 minutes of comedy genius from a true legend and a master of the cinematic arts. Others are just calling 90-year-old Jerry Lewis a mean old jerk.
His answers to the questions posed are mostly one word, and it's often just, 'Why?' He's not unaware of his surroundings. He's not drifting like Mickey Rooney in some of that acting icon's later-in-life interviews, where Rooney proves to be a mean old cuss partly because he's having trouble remembering his past. Here, Lewis, who has a reputation for being prickly, is clearly cognizant of his surroundings and knows full well what he's doing. You can see the intense irritation in his eyes.
This uncomfortable sit-down style interview filmed in the man's private home was done by The Hollywood Reporter as part of their 'Creative Until You Die' series that looks at artists working well into their 90s and beyond. Some immediately labeled it a trainwreck. But other comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld started to chip in:
"Love this and Jerry L. so much. The essence of every comedian on display. Wish this was mine."
Even Sarah Palin chimed in, saying it "Sums up how I feel when I sit down for an interview."
I surprised me that he recalled his happiest times were with Dean Martin, who he had often described an "an inferior talent."
https://youtu.be/QzO0FoM79us
His answers to the questions posed are mostly one word, and it's often just, 'Why?' He's not unaware of his surroundings. He's not drifting like Mickey Rooney in some of that acting icon's later-in-life interviews, where Rooney proves to be a mean old cuss partly because he's having trouble remembering his past. Here, Lewis, who has a reputation for being prickly, is clearly cognizant of his surroundings and knows full well what he's doing. You can see the intense irritation in his eyes.
This uncomfortable sit-down style interview filmed in the man's private home was done by The Hollywood Reporter as part of their 'Creative Until You Die' series that looks at artists working well into their 90s and beyond. Some immediately labeled it a trainwreck. But other comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld started to chip in:
"Love this and Jerry L. so much. The essence of every comedian on display. Wish this was mine."
Even Sarah Palin chimed in, saying it "Sums up how I feel when I sit down for an interview."
I surprised me that he recalled his happiest times were with Dean Martin, who he had often described an "an inferior talent."
https://youtu.be/QzO0FoM79us