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David Rakoff in "This American Life: The Invisible Made Visible"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ส.ค. 2012
- David Rakoff performing in "The Invisible Made Visible," a This American Life stage show sent live to movie theaters on May 10th, 2012. The show later became an episode of the radio show. www.thisamericanlife.org
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I'm watching this about once a year now... and as I get older, it means more and more to me. Sad that I only knew you as a boy in Primary School, David, but I feel privileged to be in a small group who can say they have some memories of you and your intellect, talent, and energy at such an early stage. Thank you is not enough :)
I miss him
I wish he had someone who loved the hell out of him. He really was amazing.
He had many, many people who loved him.
"Thanks to my rapidly dividing cells I no longer have that feeling (though I remember it very well) that if I just buckled down to the great work at hand, lived more authentically, stopped procrastinating, cut out sugar, then my best self was just there, right around the corner. Yeah, no I'm done with all of that. I'm done with so many things."
This. This means so very much. Thank you David.
So glad to finally see the dance after all this time
At work, in tears. Truly a prolific performance.
This was so gorgeous! When he did the dance it just brought tears to my eyes.
This was one of the last things he ever did. Who could ask for a more beautiful and profound note to go out on?
Agreed. Also, East Hastings ftw.
When I hear him I just think of a crass between Thomas Lennon and David Sedaris
A voice is just a mere shadow of a soul that left laughter and insight in to our worlds. Rip
When I was younger and first heard Nat King Cole sing " What'll I Do " I was in wonder at how much emotion a man can bring to a simple song with a subtle and subdued performance. I always associated this song with cold Midwestern evenings by a fire. Now I'll always think of David Rakoff when I hear it. What an effective and courageous performance
I just keep coming back to this. He was amazing.
Beautiful I’ve heard and loved it then on the radio but never saw it live
It’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful
A beautiful and brilliant human being, truly loved and missed. So grateful I got to share his last dance with him live.
Brings tears to my eyes every time - I will always remember David in this way - brave, undefeated, determined, and DANCING.
Just finished reading his "Don't get too comfortable" again on a rainy day. It's really hard to believe David is still gone.
It rent my heart the first time, seeing him do it live, and now that he has passed beyond the veil, it is almost too much to bear. I hope your journey is a grand one, Mr. Rakoff. Thank you for your deep and beautiful Truths.
i sobbed when i heard this piece on the radio, and am clenching back tears at the moment. what a beautiful, beautiful soul.
I miss him terribly. Memory Eternal!
So glad my Creative Writing teacher recommended this video to me and my fellow classmates. David Rakoff is hilarious.
Holy crap. That was beautiful. He was beautiful. My absolute condolences to his friends and family. What an amazing, kind, intelligent, humorous, observant man. Selfishly, I will miss his writing and talent and apparent sweetness.
RIP David. A beautiful graceful piece.
And thank you TAL for making this available.
Moved even more seeing it now than when I heard it on the show. Rest Mr. Rackoff. I loved your stories on the show. Prayers out to his family and friends!!! Awesome post NPR!
...I have no words. Thank you, David, for sharing your words with us. Your beauty lives on in all of us.
I’d like to think that there isn’t more comments on this video because it’s too beautiful for words
This is remarkable, it floored me when i first saw it. What a talent.
I was deeply moved when I saw that live. Even more deeply today.
I miss him a lot. Sometimes his voice pops into my head and I think...I wonder what beautiful and bittersweet words he is saying now. I wish I could hear them.
Made me cry when I first saw this a few months ago, but watching it now makes me cry much more. You will be missed.
It's only been four years? We still miss you David, you were a gem of a writer, and I can't believe it's been so short a time since you left... it feels like it's been far, far too long already.
Good god, I miss this guy. What a voice. What insights. Damn.
been waiting since 2012 for someone I knew would love this to finally just listen to it, and today i got him to agree and tis video came up . I had never seen it. It was all the birthday party I could have wished for.
I love this man and he's dead but I still love him so much
Such a beautiful performance from such a brilliant mind.
Oh my. I am ashamed to say I was not familiar with David Rakoff before this, but what a beautiful legacy he leaves!
Thank you for posting this TAL. His wonderful sense of story will be missed greatly.
Absolutely beautiful. A man afloat. Thanks for sharing.
So happy I have a door on my office at work. Thank you TAL for putting this up.
Beautiful. This broke my heart. I, too, have lost so much b/c of health issues. David endured his loss with such strength. Our loss. Love the guy.
Thank you so much for posting this. I've been hoping to see this since I heard the broadcast.
wow a beautiful and profound note
Fantastic. Thanks for uploading it.
Brilliant work. Thank you David, you will be missed.
This is such a brilliant piece.
Easily one of the most beautiful things on all of the internet.
I hadn't seen this before, although I had heard it on radio. Very beautiful and yes, David will be missed.
Thank you to all the people who edited this and posted it today
David, thanks for sharing your talent and your life with us.
RIP. Thanks TAL for sharing.
Thank you for posting.
Thought provoking and inspiring...with tears in my eyes...
Moved me to tears. How fortunate we were to have him dance among us and to witness and receive his gifts.
So touching. More so now than when I saw it in May. Yes, RIP and thanks for the dance.
wow... wowowowowowow... I have no words, that was amazing!
David's talmudic Shrug is one of my favorite shrugs. I should make a gif of it.
I am so glad I saw this performance. I am sad David Rakoff is gone.
I still love this so, so, so much.
I still remember where I was when I first heard this segment - one of the great art works of our time.
Beautiful! We miss you David!
I LOVE YOU DAVID!!!! Still so amazing so many years later...
Such grace, such talent, such agility with words and feelings. So sorry he's gone. So sad.
David, thank you for being you. And thank you for having the courage to share with us. Till we meet again, somewhere.
God, what a voice. I so miss him.
dang the dance did it for me :(
+betoski me, too. I lost it. a couple times. damn.
Just finished reading, in the sun, the last essay of 'Half Empty', caused me to revisit this video; thanks mate and RIP
So much crying. Every damn time.
So beautiful..... as with most things that are inherently lovely,... it's beauty is in it's simplicity.... wish I could write a comment that would be as inspiring and memorable as your words, your observations..and this dance.... I will just have to settle for something simple..... thank you.
so incredibly moving.
May your memory be a blessing to us all.
Beautiful.
I miss you, David.
I wrote my comment before seeing the entire piece. Wow... Damn... David, David, David... xo
His grace of dance made me cry.
David, you are sorely missed. :(
A great soul. Godspeed, David.
I looked for this the day after hearing the story, and could not find it. It brought tears to my eyes then and still is. What a good fucking human, we could all be only half this cool, what a world it would be.
Oh David...you will truly, TRULY be missed.
Amen to that, Alex.
"shrug Talmudically" - hilarious
David- Thank you for making me laugh and think. I will miss you on TAL. I always loved the sound of your voice. You were taken from us way too soon. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us...RIP
What a great talent.
I'll miss you David. Thanks for everything. RIP
Thank you David! You are missed.
RIP
Awesome.
Same here. And not the first Rakoff cry I've had today. Not by a longshot.
RIP you awesome guy.
RIP, the world is better because you were here.
Surprising and wonderful. I wish I had known the man.
Thank You David for making my left feel better about it self.
I miss him
Me too.
My radio will feel Half Empty without you. ~❀RIP❀~
Crying just as much as I did the first time.
We truly shared a mans "last dance" with him. RIP David.
God bless David. RIP
RIP David, you will be greatly missed.
oh, what a lovely man.
Thinking of you, David.
we miss you, david.
There are moments in life the very speaking of which are there own undoing...am I fired 😂 David, you kill me
Miss you
so goddamn brave
Incredible man, I am that much richer for reading his books