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Richard Lewis Was the Conscience of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Richard Lewis, who died Feb. 27, brought heart and soul to his fights with Larry David on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'
Lewis is a part of the show’s DNA, appearing in its very first episode — in which Larry’s antics jeopardize a nascent relationship to which Richard has attached a great deal of significance. Midway through the show’s run, Richard needs a kidney transplant, and Larry donates his own — perhaps his most unambiguous act of altruism, albeit one done under social pressure and with a half-season’s worth of grumbling. And the performance represented a sort of clever excavation of a certain personality type — Richard’s addiction to falling in love came with a certain lecherousness, an ogling quality that suggested an avarice beneath the idealistic shell.
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