I've been ineffably sad ever since the awful news of Matthew Perry's death. The first fatal rupture within an iconic cultural group — a band, an acting ensemble — is the true death of the group itself, writes Virginia Trioli.
In 1994 I lived in a tiny sublet in the heart of Greenwich Village, New York, on a beautifully curving and tree-lined street.
It was on the second floor of 19 Grove St and faced a splendid corner building with a scene from Rear Window in every room. Nobody ever drew their blinds and while I couldn't afford the installation of cable TV, the unfolding narratives visible from each window provided endless entertainment on many snow-bound nights.As fall turned to winter, tour groups started appearing on the street below, gesturing towards my apartment block and the one opposite, and I had no clue why .
The brilliance of the show is contained in its title. Plot is simply the by-product of great characters being set loose as themselves, and unlike almost any other TV show of that time, the writing and characterisation of those six people was distinctive and distinctly different, one to the other.Start your weekend with the best of the ABC's journalism, presented by Virginia Trioli.
His sarcastic impatience became a catchphrase for my ABC Melbourne Mornings team as we chased the clock each day in search of a program.Matthew Perry wrote emphatically in his searing memoir about reading for Chandler and knowing with total desperation that this was the role he was born to play. By the time the cameras rolled on the final 10th season, it was impossible to tell the actor and the character apart.
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