VIDEO: How James Doohan Prevented a Fan From Committing Suicide
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, July 17th, 2010 at
12:15 am
In this clip from Trekkies, James Doohan talks about how he reached out to a suicidal fan.
[via Geeks are Sexy]
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I used this film in my anthropology of imaginative subcultures course, and this part always stuck with the students and stimulated conversation afterwards. It really brought home the (perhaps too) significant place fandom holds in some people’s lives.
He was the best.