DS9: Avery Brooks has attitude.
kuv...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
AVERY BROOKS: DON'T LOOK FOR HIM AT TREKKIE CONVENTIONS
Randor, pennsylvania------The commander of the latest Star trek series
says you won't find him doing any Star Trek conventions. Avery Brooks says he
isn't into that. Brooks plays commander Sisko in the upcoming TV series "Star
Trek: Deep Space nine." The syndicated series is a spinoff of "Star Trek: the
next Generation". Brooks tells TV guide he finds it funny that people think
that he, like another Trek tv captain William Shatner, may soon become a
worldwide sex symbol. He says his "children would find that rather amusing"
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Gee, isn't it great that Paramount picks actors to whom this is just another
job, and who have no idea what this role means to people? I mean if he's
not willing to put up with the fandom, he should keep his B-grade tv series ass
at home and give the job to someone who can handle it. Leave your Ego at the
door, Avery, or this will be a SHORT job.
-----------KUVAMP :-)=
Alan Bick
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> -----------KUVAMP :-)=
Don't be too hard on him. Would any of the original cast (while the show
first aired) done conventions or would they rather be acting? Wait until
Brooks sees that he doesn't have anything else to do while not acting and
you'll see him doing conventions just like them!
(This isn't to say that when people can't act, they go on tour... but
facts are facts!)
Just my opinions.
Alan Bick,
Another person with no sig! (Gee, I hope this doesn't qualify as one!)
Windsor Morgan
Look, does it mean so much to some people that an actor appears at a
few conventions? How many of the actors from the either ST series or
the movies have you seen in person? I enjoyed ST Classic for *years*
before I saw anybody from the series (Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett
the same year). I've only talked to Barrett for any length of time.
The only other ST actor I've seen is William Shatner, and he was
promoting a comic-book adaptation of novels he has written, at a
*comic-book* convention.
When actors make an appearance at a convention, I imagine it is for
one thing primarily: to make a few bucks. Not to promote Roddenberry's
vision of the Federation utopia, but to be like a Ferengi.
When TNG started, I seem to remember only Michael Dorn (Worf) of all
the cast members saying he had been interested in ST Classic (Whoopi
Goldberg, who says her life was changed by Nichelle Nichols' presence
in "Star Trek", wasn't on the show at the time). Obviously interest
in "Star Trek" wasn't a requirement by the casting director when
casting actors for TNG. Why should attending ST conventions be a
requirement for ST actors?
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine will fail or survive on the basis of how
good a TV show it is (and how much Paramount is willing to take a
chance if it initially *isn't* a good TV show: cf. TNG), *not* on
whether one actor or many actors choose to make a few more dollars by
appearing at a convention.
As for Brooks' thinking it is funny that he may be considered a sex
symbol, Patrick Stewart said pretty much the same thing when *he* was
overwhelmingly voted "The Sexiest Man on TV" or somesuch this summer.
I think only the most conceited (or the most deluded :-) person would
say "of *course* I should be a sex symbol!".
So what if Avery Brooks has an "attitude"? We all have an "attitude"
to some degree.
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Windsor Morgan (wmo...@stsci.edu OR N...@PSUVM.BITNET)
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, MD 21218
Chris De Young
> Gee, isn't it great that Paramount picks actors to whom this is just another
> job, and who have no idea what this role means to people? ......
[etc etc etc]
>
> -----------KUVAMP :-)=
Maybe you should judge how good a job he does after you've, oh say, seen
him do it maybe?
Just a thought. Call me crazy.
Chris
c...@ece.arizona.edu
ron c carman
>kuv...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>This was on the AP Newsnet this morning, thought it might be of interest:
>>AVERY BROOKS: DON'T LOOK FOR HIM AT TREKKIE CONVENTIONS
>> Randor, pennsylvania------The commander of the latest Star trek series
>>says you won't find him doing any Star Trek conventions. Avery Brooks says he
>>isn't into that. Brooks plays commander Sisko in the upcoming TV series "Star
>>Trek: Deep Space nine." The syndicated series is a spinoff of "Star Trek: the
>>next Generation". Brooks tells TV guide he finds it funny that people think
>>that he, like another Trek tv captain William Shatner, may soon become a
>>worldwide sex symbol. He says his "children would find that rather amusing"
>>_______________END OF QUOTED MATERIAL______________________________________
>>Gee, isn't it great that Paramount picks actors to whom this is just another
>>job, and who have no idea what this role means to people? I mean if he's
>>not willing to put up with the fandom, he should keep his B-grade tv series ass
>>at home and give the job to someone who can handle it. Leave your Ego at the
>>door, Avery, or this will be a SHORT job.
>Don't be too hard on him. Would any of the original cast (while the show
>first aired) done conventions or would they rather be acting? Wait until
>Brooks sees that he doesn't have anything else to do while not acting and
>you'll see him doing conventions just like them!
Don't be too sure about that... the last time I heard anything about
Avery Brooks (before plans for DSN, way back when he was doing 'Spenser')
he was a professor of English, or possibly English Lit or somesuch at
an Ivy League school...
Please correct me if I'm off base here..
RC Carman
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Timothy W. Lynch
kuv...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>This was on the AP Newsnet this morning, thought it might be of interest:
>AVERY BROOKS: DON'T LOOK FOR HIM AT TREKKIE CONVENTIONS
> Randor, pennsylvania------The commander of the latest Star trek series
>says you won't find him doing any Star Trek conventions. Avery Brooks says he
>isn't into that. Brooks plays commander Sisko in the upcoming TV series "Star
>Trek: Deep Space nine."
[...]
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>Gee, isn't it great that Paramount picks actors to whom this is just another
>job, and who have no idea what this role means to people?
Yes.
What it means to *you* has no bearing on *how he should do his job*.
He is an actor. Thus, he will act in the role. Conventions are a whole
different ballgame, and not related to how he'll do on the show.
Try not to let your own obsessions get in the way of understanding what an
acting role means. Brooks isn't in this to sign autographs for you.
Tim Lynch
David Toland
>Gee, isn't it great that Paramount picks actors to whom this is just another
>job, and who have no idea what this role means to people? I mean if he's
>not willing to put up with the fandom, he should keep his B-grade tv series
>ass at home and give the job to someone who can handle it. Leave your Ego
>at the door, Avery, or this will be a SHORT job.
Frankly, I'd far rather see the series (ANY series) lead role filled by
someone who takes acting seriously and will develop the role like a pro,
rather than someone who thinks he or she is the latest "high priest"
of a cult religion. It's ok if the actor already knows and respects the
background mythos of a series, but probably even better if the actor
comes in with no preconceptions or biases, and lets the role develop.
As for conventioneering, I imagine that will come in time if the show
is a big success. After all, it's part of the marketing of the show,
and widespread popular support is a great bargaining chip at contract
renewal time.
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Roland Besserer
: This was on the AP Newsnet this morning, thought it might be of interest:
Jeez - get a life.
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Gerald Vernon Nelson
>kuv...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>: This was on the AP Newsnet this morning, thought it might be of interest:
>:
>:
Yikes! I thought that when you went to acting school, you had to declare
what roles you were training for. You know "I'm training to be an actor on
a Star Trek spin-off, gain a cult following, and appear at conventions!"
You mean these guys just try out for roles and get them?
Even when they haven't dreamed of appearing on THAT show for years?
Boy, I'm going to have to rethink my understanding of Hollywood.
Vern Nelson
No parking EXCEPT FOR BOB
[lots of other poeple's carping omitted, about Brooks approaching DS9 ]
[as an actor to a job, rather than as a humble supplicant to the usenet ]
[rec.arts.startrek.* self appointed high priesthood... ]
>
> Don't be too sure about that... the last time I heard anything about
>Avery Brooks (before plans for DSN, way back when he was doing 'Spenser')
>he was a professor of English, or possibly English Lit or somesuch at
>an Ivy League school...
> Please correct me if I'm off base here..
>
Rutgers, in New Jersey.
I firmly agree with those who think he's on the level-headed track here.
Hey, if it becomes a 'cult' hit (by popular standards) it's quite likely
to be more disadvantage than advantage, because it seems evident that
Mr. Brooks *has* a Life(tm), which, of course, many readers of these
newsgroups are incapable of fully understanding.
And in this week's TV Guide, he certainly does not look like
"Hawk with hair" at all. More like the unique character the show needs.
Bob O'Bob
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"If you're wondering how he eats and breathes,
and other science facts,
then repeat to yourself 'it's just a show,
I should really just relax'" -MST3K
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Dan Koft
Brooks, Avery Franklin
Associate Professor of Theater Arts at the Mason Gross School of Arts (a
division of R. U.)
I have seen him perform on stage twice, once as Paul Robeson, and once as
Othello. In both performances he was VERY powerful and magnetic, far and
away better than his Hawk character (which I liked very much). I haven't
seen DS9 yet but I AM looking forward to see him in action.
Dan
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