"In the midst of responding to Bilge's previous missive, which goes down at least three separate roads I'd love to pursue, I first heard the unthinkable news of Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths. I promptly entered a fugue state and stayed up late into the night, watching clips from Reiner's films and reading about his 50-plus-year career as an actor, director, producer, and industry pioneer."
"But Rob Reiner has been a part of the news cycle of my internal life as far back as my conscious memory extends. So I want to take this first post of our last round to remember him: not just as a magnificently versatile director and a skilled comic actor, nor even as the generous fosterer of cinematic talent and boots-on-the-ground political activist that he also was, but as a warm, funny, reliably joy-bringing presence on the big and small screen, behind the camera,"
Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths triggered a stunned revisiting of Rob Reiner's fifty-plus-year career as actor, director, producer, and industry pioneer. Clips and biographical accounts highlighted his versatility across comedy and drama and his influence in nurturing other filmmakers. Reiner combined creative work with boots-on-the-ground political activism and philanthropy, frequently investing his success to help emerging directors and writers. He maintained a steady public presence across film and television as a warm, funny, joy-bringing presence who could be trusted. Colleagues and audiences found him reliable, generous, and fatherly, continually working on new projects and supporting worthy causes.
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