Remembering Andre Braugher …
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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I saw Mr. Braugher in Glory but it was in Homicide: Life on the Streets that I remember him best. A fine actor, gone much too soon, condolences to his family.
Back when I was acting full time, I did a double episode of Homicide. It was in the 7th and last season so Braugher had already left the show. I got to work w Giancarlo Esposito (which was cool) and Yaphet Kotto (which was endlessly cool), but I regret not having been able to watch and learn from this man.
Missed a second chance when I couldn't do an ep of Hack, because I had relocated to Milwaukee.
Now I teach, and just yesterday - an hour before the news broke - I used, as I do each semester, a scene of Pembleton in the box with Isaiah Washington. Great teaching tool. He was the finest actor on TV...and Viola Davis and Olivia Coleman are on TV. So...
I will miss this man.