Remembering Andre Braugher …
Gone far too soon.
The tribute I wish I didn’t have to write. This brings new meaning to one of my favorite Raymond Holt lines: “It’s not meant to be funny. It’s meant to be devastating.”
[Raymond Holt] was a Black, gay police captain in New York City, and the series never shied away from Holt’s internal struggles within white-dominated law enforcement. While 30 Rock might’ve made light of the whole concept of a “Black Frasier,” Raymond Holt was an urbane, speed-reading, wine connoisseur, who was married to his own fussy version of Niles Crane, Kevin (Marc Evan Jackson). Holt’s quiet dignity and reserve felt so real, it was easy to buy his more absurd moments
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A wonderful tribute. It’s so sad we lost him too soon. I can only imagine how much more he might have developed his comedic chops and how likely delightful that might have been.