Paga 12 Portland Observer Novem ber 29. 1979
Portland youth pursues actor's dream
b u t get th is d re a m , th a t w ill be
en ou gh .”
" M y fa m ily has been very suppor­
tive o f me, especially m y m other. I f
she was m y agent. I ’ m sure I w o u ld
be fa rth e r in m y career. She tells me
to ha ng on in th e re w h e n m o s t
e v e ry b o d y else d o n ’ t u n d e rs ta n d .
People tend to th in k th a t you are not
do in g you r best when you d o n ’ t get a
jo b rig h t away, but they ju s t d o n ’ t
u n d e rs ta n d th e c o m p e t it io n o u t
there. I k now I have the talent and
the tim in g . I feel when G od is ready
fo r me to have it. I ’ ll get it. I d o n ’ t
believe that the w hite m an can hold
me back. I th in k I ’ ll accom plish alot
in m y life tim e. I ’ ve ventured out to
fu r th e r m y p o s itio n in life , b u t I
n e ve r w ill fo rg e t w h e re I cam e
fro m ."
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P L A N N IN G FOR LIFE S TW O O R E A TiS T RISKS
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or actress that has been sterotyped
can tell you it takes tim e to change
things a ro u n d .”
‘ ‘ A ll o f the types o f film s and
te le v is io n shows be in g p ro d u c e d
c a n ’ t be blam ed to ta lly on w h ite
producers. Black actors and actresses
that have money seem to shy away
fro m p ro d u c in g and p u ttin g th e ir
money back in to the com m unity. B>
this I mean m aking sure other Black
actors get w o rk and experience by
p ro d u c in g o th e r p la ys, film s and
television program s. I just d o n ’ t un­
derstand what happens to some o f
the m .”
E xplaining the present trend white
producers and w riters are try in g to
develop. Organ says there is an at­
te m p t to place the B la ck m an in
w h ite s o c ie ty .
H e says m ost
television series which featured Black
characters, rarely associate w ith any
B la ck fo lk s . He says th e m a in
character never has any Black friends
or fam ily ever seen by the television
viewer.
“ I fin d the m ain character, who
happens to be Black in a television
series that doesn’ t have any Black
associates is a little strange. L e t’ s
lace it. We associate w ith each other
and do have Black friends regardless
o f our professional status in society.
B la ck a c to rs w a n t to have B la ck
shows instead o f shows w ith one or
tw o Blacks in it. I th in k one o f the
best program s on TV today is " d i f ­
ferent S troke s.” Those kids in the
p ro g ra m a lw a y s re fe r back to
H arletn, and talk about their Black
frie n d s and fa m ily . T hey never let
th e ir past slip by them . They keep
their Black id e n tity all the tim e .”
A c to r O rgan says com edy is his
lin e o f w o rk . But he says not a ll
Blacks should be com ic according to
stereotypes.
“ Some o f the series on television
are horrible. Some o f the w ritin g as
well as the acting is ridiculous. Not
all Black people are fun ny. I f you are
in comedy and you are not fu n n y,
you w o n’ t get any w o rk. Let me tell
you, there are alot o f people in the
wrong lie ld out there w ho happen to
be Black and they aren’ t funny. You
have got to have tim in g . As a
comedian you can’ t be a fra id to act
w ild and g o o fy any where; th a t’ s
what it ’ s all a b o u t.”
A cting, listening and reacting are
the three tools Organ says all actors
and actresses must have. He says a
good agent and m anager w ill help
w ith the bookings and criticism . But
he says w o rk , experience and p a t­
ience w ill help him benefit the most.
“ This is a very com petitive field.
You have to be good in your craft
and keep yo u rs e lf together. There
are hundreds o f Black actors and ac­
tresses out there who are excellent in
the ir profession. The m ovie industry
tries to lead the pu blic in to thin kin g
there aren’ t enough Black actors for
open roles. But th a t’ s not the case,
we never get the p u b lic ity n o r thè
credit we should get.”
R ig h t n o w , O rg a n
lo o k in g fo r w a r d to
says he ’ s
g e ttin g a
manager th a t’ s interested in him and
h e lp ing his career. He says there’ s
n o t en o u g h B la c k agents and
m an ag ers a ro u n d to s u p p o rt a ll
Black actors He says D avid F ranklin
and Delores R obinson are the tw o
to p Black managers in the co u n try
today.
L o o kin g to the lu iu ie , the young
actor says he’d like to do a number
o f th in g s in the actin g profession.
O rgan says he wants to be good at
the things he does and he wants to
fe e l h a p p y in his h e a rt th a t he’ s
good.
I d like to get the recognition I
deserve, bu, it ’ s n ot that im p o rta n t.
I want to eventuallly set up a Black
ra d io sta tio n in the P o rtla n d area
< J p ro m o te B lack concepts to o .
> il ’ akes tune and m oney. So,
•r o r m em m v.
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SYLVIA MALAGAMBA.
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They bought it about a year ago.
1 hen S ylvia set about in s ta llin g every energy-saving idea she
could th in k ol (she’d been keeping a list). N ow the M alagam bas are
saving m oney - and energy - in e ve rth in g fro m cooking to w a shin g
up to keeping w a rm . O r cool.
S ylvia s ideas are a ll o u tlin e d below' in the d ia g ra m she sent us.
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