Awhile
back I lost custody of my daughter and since "Mrs. Doubtfire" is one of
my favorite movies I thought the obvious move was to become an obese
English woman and pose as a nanny. Look, there's a reason this started
out as a fiction novel and they turned it into a Hollywood movie. It's
all entirely unrealistic, I know that now. Maybe I should have gone to a
real makeup artist, even though I couldn't afford that. One problem
right off the bat is very few people use nannies anymore so that wasn't a
way in. Instead I had to knock on the door asking if they needed a chimney sweeper. That was a mistake considering chimney sweepers are
even more dated than nannies and my ex-wife had no chimney.
Now
I don't know if my English accent gave it away, or if it was the wig,
or fat suit, but she knew right away. My ex-wife punched me in the face
which sent me backwards and I tripped down the stairs of the stoop. She
locked the door, called the police, and I ran. You can't imagine how
uncomfortable it is to run all dressed up like an elderly overweight
English lady. The stares I got from people on the street were intense.
The incident was cited in our next court hearing and I was denied full
custody and placed on probation. So just a lesson for the kids out
there, don't try the stuff you see in Robin Williams movies.
Specifically Robin Williams movies. I don't know what it is about those
films, but they all have a particularly unrealistic angle to them that
usually ends up with you in court, whether it's breaking into a hospital
to be a clown doctor or designing a synthetic substance known as
"Flubber", it's all bad news.
2.22.2013
Why Doing What Robin Williams Did in "Mrs. Doubtfire" Doesn't Work in Real Life
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