Marcel Marceau and Me

Amy Cohen Efron honors Marcel Marceau, 84, the world's famous mime performer passed away on Saturday night in France. Marceau was considered as "the master" with the rare gift of "being able to communicate with each and everyone beyond the barriers of language."

This statement is very true for me personally. Watch how Amy shared her personal story about Marcel Marceau and his performance at New York City in 1981.

Watch and learn about the relationship between Marceau and the Deaf Community!

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[Salticid68]

Your post does make sense. I agree he's a great artist. God bless him!

[dourtan]

Beautiful and touching. Silence is indeed Golden!

[MicheleMermaid]

There are many sign languages. It is not an international language but it is true that Deaf people from all over the world can understand one another better than hearing people!

[MelanieTirone]

The signe language should be the international one.

[MicheleMermaid]

Marcel Marceau was one of my two heroes. The other one was Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau and his team SHOULD HAVE learned ASL or LSF. It's very practical underwater too!

[ciararavenblaze]

this makes me wish I hadn't quit using sign language after I'd been put in mainstream classes.

either way, this was a great tribute, thanks for posting it. :)

[touf63]

j'adore ce wa man show

[arcsteryx]

I would have liked to know Marceau before his departure. Maybe i just dont know many mimes, but this man seems a real master to me. I think mime sould be something we could teach children in school. It brings out another aspect of "expression" wich uses a more abstract part of the brain and let one be in thouch with his inner feelings rather than be in an analytic mode.

Sorry if this post makes no sense, im french!

Rest in peace Marcel Marceau

[KulaKai]

I saw Marcel perform two different times in Portland, Oregon, and yes, we were given seats close to the stage because we were deaf.

His work will be something we will never forget.

I even enjoy going to Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco and watching that mime there that follows people around. Hilarious!

Thanks, Amy you give such a warm vlog!

Lantana

[sensei4u]

It's amazing how humans can communicate. I didn't understand a think for what you gestured, but is easy to me to guess that you and in grieve as many others, I include myself, I hope that one day humans could make hand signs so we can understand each other without talking...one cannot yell at others...war will be less, isn't it? Is a beautiful video...thanks for the experience and I promise I will learn some hand signs, just to feel words with touch.