From: ECL2B08@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Susan L. Minobe)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.fandom
Subject: Re: DS9: Avery Brooks has attitude.
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:33:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.215936.18317@stsci.edu>, on 29 Dec 1992 21:59:36 GMT,
wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor Morgan) writes:

>
>In article <1992Dec29.151137.45946@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kuvamp@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.
>
>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.
>
>--
>'Verily, there be no leader as wise as the Vision!'
>                         Windsor Morgan (wmorgan@stsci.edu OR NHT@PSUVM.BITNET)
>                         Space Telescope Science Institute
>                         Baltimore, MD   21218
>
The man has a right to his own life, y'all!
IDIC, remember??????!!!!!!!
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