Editing Bill Murray (section)

== Public image ==
Murray's popularity has been such that he holds an [[Pop icon|iconic status]] in American popular culture. Murray's eccentric style of comedy, both on-screen and in his personal life, has caused him to be seen as a [[folk hero]] to many making him a significant [[meme]] in various media including books and the Internet.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kurutz, Steven |date=November 30, 2015 |title=The Peculiar Ascent of Bill Murray to Secular Saint |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/fashion/mens-style/the-peculiar-ascent-of-bill-murray-to-secular-saint.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Burnett III, Zaron |date=October 13, 2014 |title=Why the Internet is obsessed with Bill Murray |work=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/via/bill-murray-holy-fool-internet/}}</ref> In 2016 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the [[Kennedy Center]].<ref name="MTPAH" /> [[Roger Ebert]] writes that "The Murray persona has become familiar without becoming tiring: The world is too much with him, he is a little smarter than everyone else, he has a detached melancholy, he is deeply suspicious of joy, he sees sincerity as a weapon that can be used against him, and yet he conceals emotional needs. He is [[Prince Hamlet |Hamlet]] in a sitcom world."<ref>{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| author-link=Roger Ebert| title=The shadow of his smile| work=[[Chicago Sun Times]]| date=January 30, 2005| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-groundhog-day-1993}}</ref>