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Alan Arkin, who passed away last week at age 89, has been many fathers. Younger viewers know the incredibly versatile Jewish actor mostly as paternal figures from iconic movies and shows — Amy Adams’s and Emily Blunt’s widowed father in “Sunshine Cleaning,” a surly grandfather and dance coach in “Little Miss Sunshine,” a guiding parental figure in the adorable “Marley & Me,” and most recently, a Jewish dad in “The Kominsky Method,” for which he was nominated for two Emmys.
In a lot of movies, he read as a quintessential Jewish father: kvetchy, witty, wise. Maybe it was the Brooklyn native’s voice, or his incredibly familiar feeling face. In so many of his roles, you might have wished Arkin was your father, even if he didn’t always play the most sympathetic of characters.
Yet what has been so special to see in the days after his passing is how much he took his position as the veteran actor and paternal authority on set seriously. Arkin was not always known for being the easiest actor to direct, and was often self-critical about his roles, but he still showed care and vulnerability to the younger actors that he worked with.
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In a lot of movies, he read as a quintessential Jewish father: kvetchy, witty, wise. Maybe it was the Brooklyn native’s voice, or his incredibly familiar feeling face. In so many of his roles, you might have wished Arkin was your father, even if he didn’t always play the most sympathetic of characters.
Yet what has been so special to see in the days after his passing is how much he took his position as the veteran actor and paternal authority on set seriously. Arkin was not always known for being the easiest actor to direct, and was often self-critical about his roles, but he still showed care and vulnerability to the younger actors that he worked with.
https://www.kveller.com/alan-arkin-...ller&utm_medium=email&mpweb=1161-59267-151159
