Comedic Daddying

The Sundance premiere is set for World's Greatest Dad [Earlier: On the One Hand, On the Other ...], which will no doubt inspire at least a couple thoughts on the fathersomeness of Robin Williams.

He made for a great film cousin perhaps from his Mork & Mindy self and a heckuva a screen mom as shown with Mrs. Doubtfire, but he certainly hasn't made much of a dad impression. He is the real life father of three, but once again we must face that life is harder than it appears on screen. Williams can be funny, but that doesn't seem to be helping out in the World Best Dad contest, in case that suggests anything about his Oscar chances. Any chance he has passed it along in the genes?



Perhaps he just needs more focused source (and not biographical) material about being a father? If that is the case, he could do a lot worse than take a look at the new Granta 104 (the British literary review), with its theme of dads and kids.