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    1) Georg Stafford Brown has become a prominent TV director after starting his career as an actor on shows like "The Rookies" in the 1970s. 2) As a director, Brown has worked on numerous episodes of popular shows like "Hill Street Blues", "Miami Vice", and "Dynasty" and has been nominated for two Emmys. 3) Brown notes that minority representation on TV has historically been poor and finds it frustrating that people of color are constantly reminded that they do not fit the prevailing image. However, he acknowledges that his celebrity affords him more leeway.

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    1) Georg Stafford Brown has become a prominent TV director after starting his career as an actor on shows like "The Rookies" in the 1970s. 2) As a director, Brown has worked on numerous episodes of popular shows like "Hill Street Blues", "Miami Vice", and "Dynasty" and has been nominated for two Emmys. 3) Brown notes that minority representation on TV has historically been poor and finds it frustrating that people of color are constantly reminded that they do not fit the prevailing image. However, he acknowledges that his celebrity affords him more leeway.

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    Nationally syndicated newspaper column (United Media, May 15, 1986). By Frank Lovece

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    1) Georg Stafford Brown has become a prominent TV director after starting his career as an actor on shows like "The Rookies" in the 1970s. 2) As a director, Brown has worked on numerous episodes of popular shows like "Hill Street Blues", "Miami Vice", and "Dynasty" and has been nominated for two Emmys. 3) Brown notes that minority representation on TV has historically been poor and finds it frustrating that people of color are constantly reminded that they do not fit the prevailing image. However, he acknowledges that his celebrity affords him more leeway.

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    BEHIND TI.

    IE SCENES

    Brown is proud to direct 'good shows'


    By Frank Lovece

    Brown is no longer a rookie.

    Director Georg Sta ord

    He hasn't been for years. After he gained prominence playing

    say, a very exciting energy." Brown's voice is a rich, easy baritoDe. "I set out to be an actor," he says, "and there is a

    longing. Until .ecently, it's been very difficult for me to

    novice cop Terry Webster in

    Brown started channeling his talents elsewhere. He's since


    directed countless episodes of

    "The Rookies"

    (1972-76),,

    call myself a director. But I've found it satisfying, and it feeds me emotionally and artistical-

    ly; I

    would hate

    "Hill Street Blues," "Miami purpos-e if I were not permitVice," "Dynasty" and "Lou ted to act." Brown still gets the chance Grant," winning two Emmy nominations and becoming one to act occasionally, most reof TV's top directors.

    would lose all sense of self and

    to think I

    cently ilt the

    year-old Brown, who studied at the American Musical and Shakespeare Festival and eventual success in episodic
    graduating to Nep t'ork City's

    miniseries "North and South." Yet the 42-

    Dramatic Academv before


    TV, says that, "In the mass media, the representation of

    people of color has not been great. "It's frustrating," he continues, "to be any kind of minority in this country, because every day you're constantly reminded that you do not fit the picture. It's easier for me

    than others; celebrity gives you a little edge. But watching


    Georg Statrford Brolvn television gets really repulsive at times. It's hard to accept

    that you can make a picture

    "Parting Shots," this week's cliffhanging episode of "Cagney & Lacey," will mark Brown's fifth time directing that series. Even though his wife, Tyne Daly, is one of the
    stars, and even though Brown has long since proven himself, he admits he still is "nervous about directing. As soon as you say 'cut,' you have all sorts of
    questions: Should I this or that? That kind of ener-

    that takes place in Los Angeles that does not include, even in

    the backgmund, a sample of the 51 percent Latino population there! When you exclude
    them," he adds, "you're giving a lie.

    blessings of directing," he gy is a nervous energy, but," says, "is that I've gotten to do he adds, "it's also, I'm happy to some of those good shows."

    can always question this, and there is a concerted effort on the part of some producer to have done change this attitude. One of the

    "With the good shows, you

    Release the weekof May 25-May 31, 1986

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