Better to play Worf than a drug dealer. (Unless he's on The Wire.)
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
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DavidS - Apr 13, 2010 9:55:31 am PDT #7595 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2010 9:59:31 am PDT #7596 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
That was a good role. Worf was just another angry black Klingon, like most of them were in the new incarnation. I don't see anything special or challenging about him.
Better than a drug dealer doesn't mean good. There are still other stereotypes.
DavidS - Apr 13, 2010 10:01:19 am PDT #7597 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Better than a drug dealer doesn't mean good.
I'm only noting that if you're a black actor a large portion of the job opportunities you get will be as a street criminal.
So while grumpy black Klingon might seem cliche to you, at least it's different from street punk/pimp/dealer/gangsta.
Glamcookie - Apr 13, 2010 10:01:44 am PDT #7598 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
Props and all, but I thought that guy was a terrible actor. Pretty as hell, but the acting was baaaad.
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2010 10:04:30 am PDT #7599 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Aww, I though AB was pure awesome!
Frankenbuddha - Apr 13, 2010 10:04:42 am PDT #7600 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Props and all, but I thought that guy was a terrible actor. Pretty as hell, but the acting was baaaad.
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DavidS - Apr 13, 2010 10:04:54 am PDT #7601 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Props and all, but I thought that guy was a terrible actor. Pretty as hell, but the acting was baaaad.
Now, I'm imagining all the great black actors on The Wire in this role.
"Sheeeeee-ittt. Bitch, Odo can kiss my motherfuckin' ass."
Frankenbuddha - Apr 13, 2010 10:07:58 am PDT #7602 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want to say that I think Worf had more interesting stuff to do on DS9, but then I remember all the Klingon political storylines they had going on TNG. Though those became as much Picard stories as anyone's.
I do think the most interesting thing Worf had to play was basically a direct rip on Spock (i.e. not really belonging in either world).
quester - Apr 13, 2010 10:16:12 am PDT #7603 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Props and all, but I thought that guy was a terrible actor. Pretty as hell, but the acting was baaaad.
Heretic! ::hisss::
(hugs Avery Brooks to self)
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2010 10:26:37 am PDT #7604 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::rips Avery from quester, hugs tightly::
Love him, loved Sisko, loved how different he was from the Captains that had preceded him.
So while grumpy black Klingon might seem cliche to you, at least it's different from street punk/pimp/dealer/gangsta.
Erm, it's not just to me, it's in the genre. The Next Gen Klingons were primarily black, as were the Jem'Hadar and the Jaffa were above average played by black actors.