#keith hamilton cobb

[writergeekrhw]

Was there ever the slightest chance of Tyr and Harper getting together?

No, there's no way TPTB would have gone for it. I pitched that Tyr could be gay when I was first developing the character, and that might be why he was exiled, because Nietzscheans are homophobic, but it went over like a lead balloon.

For the record, I had no idea at the time that Keith was gay. I do think he played the character as omnisexual, but at that time working for those companies, his subtextual performance is about as far as we could take things.

#gene roddenberry's andromeda #andromeda #tyr #harper #keith hamilton cobb #ask me anything #ask me stuff #tvwriting #tv writing

[storyofmorewhoa]

"Lava and Rockets," Andromeda written by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz

"Shadows Cast by a Final Salute," Andromeda written by Bob Engels

#andromeda #seamus harper #ouroboros #shadows cast by a final salute #trance gemini #gordon michael woolvett #beka valentine #lisa ryder #bob engels #tyr anasazi #keith hamilton cobb #ashley edward miller #zack stentz

[scifi-fantasy-world]

Andromeda

"I can't tell you what it really is

I can only tell you what it feels like

And right now, there's a steel knife in my windpipe

I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight"

#Andromeda #tyr anasazi #keith hamilton cobb #gene roddenberry's andromeda #gene roddenberry #science fiction #scifi #fanart #Music: Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem

[roseshavethoughts]

Cold Light of Day (1990)

Cold Light of Day (1990) #Review

Synopsis- February, 1983. Detectives are called to a residential address in the London suburbs following reports that the drains have been clogged by human remains. Director- Fhiona-Louise Cast- Bob Flag, Claire King, Keith Hamilton Cobb Genre- Horror | Crime | Drama Released- 1989 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Cold Light of Day, directed by Fhiona-Louise, delves into the dark and disturbing…

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#1990s Cinema #★★★★ #Bob Flag #british cinema #British film #Claire King #Crime #Directed by Women #Drama #Featured #female directors #Fhiona-Louise #Horror #Keith Hamilton Cobb

[soapoperamen]

Keith Hamilton Cobb (Noah Keefer, All My Children)

#Keith Hamilton Cobb #Noah Keefer #All My Children #AMC #ABC Daytime

[butchhamlet]

are there any shakespeare retellings you recommend? i really enjoy retellings but it's also difficult to find ones that like. actually understand the source material... i've read your novella duodecimal and really liked it btw! excellent take on twelfth night :-)

THANK YOU SO MUCH WAH... yes, i can recommend some retellings! i keep intending to make a big post with my recs, actually, but there are so many out there that i haven't read yet... so for now here's an incomplete list:

a thousand acres by jane smiley: the first one that came to my mind seeing this ask. it's a retelling of lear set on an american farmstead, and the adaptation is done beautifully and smoothly--it's just distinct enough from OG Lear that you can judge it as a book on its own but also as a lear retelling. and it's sooooo good. it starts a little slow, but the character work is so excellent and it almost made me cry (i will note that there's a pretty hefty cw on this one but... saying what it is is technically spoilers? but feel free to send another ask or message if you want to know up-front)

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake: books that made me have to turn my camera off in zoom class so i could bawl properly. books written for me specifically. this is a loose YA retelling of twelfth night (looser than some of the other retellings on this list) and it's like. perfect. the teenage dialogue actually sounds like teenagers. every emotional beat clubbed me over the head. the love triangle is present--and done really well; it's not present for drama but because sometimes being a teenager is confusing--but more than that this is a book about the relationship between violet and her sibling, and about mental health, and god it makes me CRAZY. also girls kiss in this one

rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead by tom stoppard: i mean. i think most people into shakespeare know r&gad. but in case you haven't read it yet, it's an absurdist play from the point of view of rosencrantz and guildenstern and it's absolutely fucking brilliant. not sure what else to say about this; you've really just gotta read it

teenage dick by mike lew: another play, this one on the modern side--a retelling of richard iii set in a high school, focusing explicitly on disability issues. kind of more a reimagining than a retelling, honestly, but i really like the exploration of r3's themes and also it's fucking hysterical. although i will say there's a kind of jarring tonal shift in this one near the end, so don't go to it for something 100% comedic

american moor by keith hamilton cobb: okay this isn't exactly a retelling but if you've ever read othello you have to read it. you just have to. please god if you've ever read a shakespeare PLEASE. it's a monologue from the perspective of a black man trying out for the role of othello, half-resigned to being pigeonholed into playing that specific role in a very specific way as directed by a white director, but also half-chafing against that resignation, and also exploring the complexities of loving shakespeare as a black man, and it's soooooo so good

exit, pursued by a bear by e.k. johnston: this one is kind of cheating because it's not really a retelling, in that it has next to nothing to do with the winter's tale except that there is a hermione character and a leontes character and a paulina character. i still think it's a very very well-done YA book, though, and one of the only ones i've read that deals head-on with abortion

foul is fair by hannah capin: okay, i will admit i read this one some years ago when i was more into YA, so i'm not sure i would still go crazy over it now, but the plot of this book is that the modern lady macbeth character gets assaulted by a guy at a party and decides to kill everyone who let that happen. and then she does. and idk i read it in two days it felt like being on crack

the wednesday wars by gary schmidt: this one is DEFINITELY cheating, because this isn't a retelling of anything. but if you like shakespeare and you're open to reading historical fiction about a kid in the 60s using shakespeare as a lens through which to understand the chaos of his life (from the vietnam war to his school crush)... it's so good. it made me nearly sob. beautiful book

i'm also a fan of ryan north's shakespeare choose-your-own-adventure books, but those aren't exactly retellings and also the humor will probably not work for everyone. but i like em <3

and finally, i would be remiss not to shout out the fact that @suits-of-woe wrote an INCREDIBLE retelling of the two gentlemen of verona that, like, redeemed the fact that that play exists. if you've read that play and you thought, "wow, i wish this were explicitly homoerotic, or not a rape apologia, or good in any way," you will LOVE macy's book. unfortunately it isn't fucking published yet but WITH YOUR HELP--

#max.txt #feel free to send me recs for shakespeare retellings at any time btw! #i've been collecting a list #i just haven't gotten around to most of the books on it yet #asks

[adragonsfriend]

Mace Windu: “only imposing if you see him that way”

Fuck it I’m bringing my Othello class into this again.

So we read American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb (review, full text is available as a free pdf if you look it up), which is a play that comments on the experience of black men who play the role of Othello as well as of course more generally on the experience of black men in the United States by showing the interior thoughts of an experienced black actor auditioning for the role of Othello in front of an inexperienced white director. There’s this line, it’s not even dialogue, it’s part of the description of what the actor is doing for the pre-show in the stage directions:

“He is a tall man, powerfully built and handsome, and only imposing if you see him that way.”

—American Moor, page 5

Sound like anyone we might know?

This caught my eye because I have noticed a bit of a pattern. Even very well meaning SW media—like Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover and fics that really love him—often goes out of its way to describe Mace Windu as intimidating and imposing.

And yeah on some level a tall man with muscles who knows how to fight might just be imposing, but to be honest I never remember Qui-gon Jinn being described that way, or Ki-Adi Mundi, or really any other tall, male Jedi. Dooku is sometimes described as intimidating, but it is usually framed in terms of either his Sith personality or his skill with a saber, not his physicality. Only some fics go out of their way to even describe Anakin as physically imposing.

And like I say, many of these works I’m noting are ones that have very good intentions and otherwise make mainly good, interesting moves with Mace’s character (works that take an explicitly negative view of Mace are a whole other can of worms I’m not addressing here). This is something that is being picked up from a deeply embedded culture of racism, not (in these cases at least) malicious. But that means writers, especially white writers—even if we have great intentions—we have to stay careful and aware of this. Readers aren’t off the hook either. It is through reading, and reading with a lot of love, that this pattern emerged to me.

Keep noticing these things, keep reading, keep writing, and maybe above all, keep revising.

Personally, I’m gonna be going back through my Mace Windu writing to check for this specifically.

#star wars #mace windu #racisim #racial bias #shatterpoint #fanfiction #othello #shakespeare #American Moor #looking for a decent review to link was…ugh #some people have apparently missed the point

[jojotier]

You know I think about American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb like, constantly. It's tragic watching this actor try to reach out halfway and put his full heart on display, only to know that the white director isn't going to be willing to meet him on it.

#things i've read #american moor

[lboogie1906]

Keith Hamilton Cobb (born January 28, 1962) is an actor. He is known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary Tyr Anasazi in Andromeda from 2000 to 2005 and as Noah Keefer on All My Children from 1994 to 1996. He was born in North Tarrytown, New York; he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. A classically trained actor, he appeared in several Shakespearean productions in the New York area before breaking into television in the mid-1990s. One of his first movies was Eyes Beyond Seeing in which he plays a mental patient who claims to be Jesus Christ. In 1996, was named on People magazine's annual list of the "50 most beautiful people". In 1999, he was in two episodes of the Beastmaster, portraying a character very similar to his character from Andromeda. He left Andromeda at the start of the fourth season, citing dissatisfaction over the development of his character. His 2015 play American Moor explores the experiences of African American actors performing texts as written and directed by white writers and directors. The play garnered great academic acclaim. The play debuted Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in August 2019. He continues to act in theater productions, including roles as Oberon and Duke Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream at New York's Geva Theater Center and the bigoted Juror #10 in Twelve Angry Men at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, Vermont. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAP8fGLU3I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#10 #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[worldofhurt]

Andromeda (2001).

#Andromeda #Noel Fisher #Keith Hamilton Cobb #2000s #00s tv #my gifs #whumpedit #whump #whumpblr #flashing gif

[writergeekrhw]

Who was the sweetest person you ever worked with?

Who was the absolute professional at all times?

Who (actor only question) had the most input into their character’s evolution?

I'm assuming you mean actors, so:

A1) I've worked with many wonderful people, but if I had to pick one, Laura Bertram on ANDROMEDA.

A2) Again, many wonderful folks who'd qualify. A few standouts:

DS9: The entire cast. Just the most professional assembly I've ever worked with. I never knew how good I had it.

ANDROMEDA: Lexa Doig, Laura Bertram (again), Keith Hamilton Cobb were super professional. Lisa and Gorden were great, too. Brent was terrific, but the make-up really beat him up. It was sad he had to resign.

DRESDEN FILES: Everyone was great, but Terrance Mann is a pro's pro. One of the very best.

THE 4400: Again, a great cast. Joel Gretsch and Jaqui McKenzie set the standard though, so special shout out to them.

ALPHAS: Another lovely cast top to bottom, but David Strathairn is another pro's pro and set the vibe as #1.

THE GATES: Chandra West was the true pro among a cast working under very difficult conditions. Marisol Nichols is lovely to work with. So is Janina Gavenkar. It was great to have Paul Blackthorne guest. He's always terrific. Our young actors were also great. I remember Skylar Samuels standing out as particularly well-prepared and dedicated.

STAR-CROSSED: Matt Lanter is a total pro who I'd love to work with again. Ditto Malese Jow. The entire cast worked very hard on this one and it was a shame it didn't last.

ELEMENTARY: All pros. Lucy Liu was the queen of the set in the best possible way. Jonny Lee Miller worked his ASS off, delivering an insane amount of dialogue letter perfect every day.

A3) Probably either Avery Brooks or Jonny Lee Miller.

#television #tv writing #ask me anything #star trek ds9 #ds9 #andromeda #elementary #cbs elementary #star trek #deep space nine #star-crossed #alphas #the Gates #dresden files #the 4400

[vintagewarhol]

#andromeda #tv shows #kevin sorbo #lisa ryder #keith hamilton cobb #lexa doig #laura bertram #gordon michael woolvett #brent stait #steve bacic #brandy ledford #illustration #vintage art #alternative movie posters

[rafaelblackbird15]

Become The Words

For Tyr Anasazi and Seamus Harper

Life is like a swaying motion,

Your eyes, my eyes

I ran, you pulled me back

I slammed into the wall, you dragged me to my feet and whispered in my ear 

You held me there

I held your hand, I tore at your wrist

I said, "never let go"

You said, "hold me still"

But we never spoke, we never did

Our lips never moved, never breathed, never connected

We just touched, achingly so

You left bruises on my skin

I burnt tattoos onto your flesh. 

Your eyes, my eyes

I chased your movements across the room 

with my lingering gaze, 

You followed me out the door 

with your heavy footsteps,

My hands glided along the walls, you caught me when I shook, grabbed me when I fell

You picked me up and carried me down the painted corridors,

I clung to your back, your stony shoulder blades, listened to your heart as it beat all over your body

Under mine, through mine, into me

Feel me, hurt me, rage at me.

Your eyes, my eyes

I took a swing at your chest, you caught my fist, threw me to the floor

I yelled at your face, you raised an arm to strike me and growled low in your throat

I flinched, I waited, I journeyed into twilight with my eyelids 

You did nothing, I did nothing

You touched my cheek, my eyelashes fluttered on your skin

I struck a match with your company and you hovered over the flame.

Your eyes, my eyes

Your bed, my bed

Your shower, my shower

Your table, my table

Your glowing caress down my spine, my weight laid across your abdomen 

Like real morning sunlight in this artificial universe

Under the shaded blinks of destiny we embrace with -

Your eyes, my eyes

I know where you'll be, you were always there

You found me, I got lost so you would

My head fills with decades of someone else's history, building up in the space between our bodies 

You pull me in closer to cover up the memories

With just one single name, one single presence, everything you are is my temple of secrets 

You watch me play games with my life, memorizing the mechanics of my soul

Smiling those smug smiles that mean so much more than anyone realises

When you think I'm not looking.

Your eyes, my eyes

Your hand, my hand

Your survival, my survival

Your loneliness, my loneliness

In this century of light become night, demon bright

Searching, fumbling in the dark

Fingers reaching for someone to choke, a gun to fire, a pocket to steal from, a fool to con

Tired eyes seeking out a warm body to fall against 

Wandering, feeling out, wishing for light, guided only by the example of darkness

Blind passion, blind oxygen seeking a fire to fan

We don't truly know what it looks like, feels like, warms like 

Touch me in the cold,

Heat me like the sun,

Breathe me in the rain,

Rescue me like no romantic thriller could ever imagine, comprehend

Lay with me under the deep blue sea, where we drown together,

If we drown at all. 

***********

I wrote this poem for Tyr Anasazi and Seamus Zelazny Harper, and the world of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.

#fanfiction #fandom #fanfic #poetry #poem #andromeda #gene roddenberry #gene roddenberry's andromeda #tyr anasazi #seamus zelazny harper #seamus harper #tyr #harper #tyr x harper #tyr/harper #harper x tyr #harper/tyr #gordon michael woolvett #keith hamilton cobb #sci fi #sci fi writing #sci-fi #scifi #science fiction

[bluebelle88]

You missed Tyr's cavalry act.” “They were playing Wagner. It's the most fun I've had in about six months.

Beka Valentine & Tyr Anasazi (Lisa Ryder &  Keith Hamilton Cobb), Andromeda

#quotes #tyr anasazi #beka valentine #lisa ryder #keith hamilton cobb #wager #fun #cavalry act #i can't believe i remember this #it's been like a decade

[historybizarre]

Shakespeare in Black and White

This podcast episode revisits the era when Jim Crow segregation was at its height, from a few years after the end of the Civil War to the 1940s and 1950s. The discussion ranges from landmark performances—Orson Welles’s Depression-era all-black Macbeth and Paul Robeson’s Othello— to powerful, though less familiar, stories from the Folger’s hometown of Washington, DC. It also draws in later questions about African Americans and Shakespeare, including the role of race in casting choices to this day

#duke ellington #paul robeson #shakespeare #othello #blackface #1930s #1940s #jim crow #theatre #theatre history #theater #history #us history #Keith Hamilton Cobb #american moor

[butchhamlet]

Do you have any Othello thoughts? I liked it all but most especially when unprompted and for no particular reason Iago constructs a lie about making out with Cassio in his bed at night. Like. He very very easily could have just said a slightly different lie that didn't involve an unconscious Cassio pulling him in for a smooch and then he lets it happen for? Minuets? I guess? Never pulls away? Like I'm truly floored by the sheer level of how unnecessary it is for Iago to construct this particular story. Just fucking tell the guy you heard Cassio sleep talking. Huh. Also why were you sleeping in his bed already in the first place that is never brought up by anyone, ever. Truly an insane scene to me

LITERALLY WHY DID HE DO THAT. WHY DID HE DO THAT!!! in general i don't love the directions people take gay iago (often, like, "he's jealous of desdemona for getting to have othello and thus decides to ruin their relationship because he's gay and twisted" or whatever) because i think it kind of ignores the occam's razor fact that iago is racist. like. he is a complex character with a lot of motivations but the prime motivation for the specific shit he does to othello is racism. HOWEVER. the WAY he acts toward cassio. there is NO heterosexual explanation for that what the fuck is going ooooooooooooon. othello doesn't even call him on it he's just like yeah okay that sounds about right he threw his leg over you and you guys made out

anyway i don't have a ton of thoughts on othello but i do like it! it is the only shakespeare play that makes me actively tense even when i'm rereading it for the third or fourth time. i've seen it compared to merchant & taming of the shrew as the plays with the most potential to do harm and perpetuate/create stereotypes, and i think that's true, but i also think othello has over merchant and taming that it is actually well-constructed and interesting. and i do think it's fascinating that it does have real points to make about the psychological effects of being forced into a model minority role, but also, like, it's a white guy writing in the 1600s, so how good can it really be and is it still worth performing today? (recommended reading on this: this article, keith hamilton cobb's american moor. please read american moor it's so fucking good it's a stage play in monologue format about a modern black actor trying out for othello and musing on his complicated relationship with shakespeare and it's SO good)

scattered personal feelings: emilia is a lesbian. i know it's important that desdemona is not actually cheating on othello, but i feel like if she and emilia kissed it wouldn't count because they're girl best friends. iago has gotta be one of shakespeare's best roles, actingwise, but it always strikes me as somewhat discomfiting that he gets more lines than and as much exploration as othello, the titular hero, because imo it again emphasizes that this is a play written by a white man, however hard that white man is trying, from a white society and a white vantage point. desdemona and othello make me really fucking sad. and cassio's fun i like him that guy's bisexual as fuck

#max.txt #asks #othello