These two character actors died a day from one another. Both were in comic book movies. Obviously Adam West was Batman and Glenne Headly was Tess Truheart from "Dick Tracy." Very very strange that there was little to be said about Glenne.
I recall listening to her on The Projection Booth podcast where she seemed to have so much life. Within a year, she was gone at 63 years of age. Glenne seemed to be that squeaky voice sweet girl next door. Compared to the husky sexpot of, say Madonna. They were great contrasts to each other. One, a lustful bot...the other Madonna. Just kidding. I think she made such small moments bigger. Like in "Mr. Holland's Opus" as the long suffering wife of Richard Dreyfus who guides him to be a menschy dude. Or how about using that sweet personal to bat around grifting as in "Dirth Rotten Scoundrels." She is going to be regarded as a wonderful character actress in the future. One so under appreciated.
Conversely, here we have over-exposed Adam West. The oddball, retarded Christopher Walken. Or more aware one anyway. West embraced the camp. And always seemed so out to lunch. His eccentricity wasn't just appreciated it was celebrated. To become a caricature of yourself until your 80's seemed so...shilly. Fine, at least you earn a living this way, and you can NEVER fault that. West...I dunno, cornball is being kind. He seemed like he would be rapey. But, no one could ever say he didn't love his fans. For me, I always regarded his Batman to terrible television. Even at that age I knew the sets and lighting sucked. I don't want to re-write history in that regard. I know he was a hipsters uncle. Let that be that.
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