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"content": "\u003cp>We're not going to bury the lede here: Bob Ross' hair was actually straight. Just ask his longtime business partner, Annette Kowalski, who knew Ross better than anyone — he had just gotten out of the Air Force, and was unsuccessfully trying to make a living as a painter, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He got this bright idea that he could save money on haircuts. So he let his hair grow, he got a perm, and decided he would never need a haircut again,\" Kowalski explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he could change it back, though, the perm became his company's logo — Ross hated it. \"He could never, ever, ever change his hair, and he was so mad about that,\" Kowalski says. \"He got tired of that curly hair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But viewers never got tired of Ross or his show, \u003cem>The Joy of Painting\u003c/em>. 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When she discovered Ross 35 years ago, she was in the aftermath of a family tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My oldest son was killed in a traffic accident. It was very difficult,\" Kowalski says. \"I was so devastated. All I could do was lay on the couch and watch television.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She watched a painter named Bill Alexander, who was big on PBS back then. Kowalski's husband was desperate to get her out of the house, so he signed her up for Alexander's painting class, 900 miles away in Clearwater, Fla. But then Alexander stopped teaching and passed his classes off to an unknown protege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was very disappointed,\" Kowalski says. \"I so wanted to paint with Bill Alexander. But my husband said, 'Get up. Get in the car. We're going.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a five-day class in a hotel conference room. At the easel upfront was a guy with a perm who went by Bob. His paintings were good, but when he started talking to the class, that's when Kowalski knew she had met someone special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was so mesmerized by Bob,\" Kowalski says. \"Somehow, he lifted me up out of that depression. I just think that Bob knew how to woo people. I said, 'Let's put it in a bottle and sell it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 779px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-34354\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1.jpg\" alt=\"Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of The Joy of Painting. 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They packed up the paints, hopped in his motor home and hit the road. Kowalski bought ads in local papers while Ross held poorly attended seminars in shopping malls. They needed to generate some buzz, so Kowalski created a toll-free Bob Ross hotline: \u003cem>1-800-BOB-ROSS.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They eventually filmed a commercial and launched a TV show, and it was on TV that Ross hit it big. In the first \u003cem>Joy of Painting \u003c/em>episode, he's already using those friendly Bob-isms that made him famous: \"Let's have a happy little tree right in here,\" he says. \"There he goes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1982 through 1994, Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of \u003cem>The Joy of Painting\u003c/em>. But most viewers weren't tuning in to paint alongside him. They were watching Bob Ross just to ... watch Bob Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Shoot; we have a pretty nice lookin' little sky,\" Ross would say as he stood back to assess his work. \"And there wasn't anything to it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, unveiling his \"almighty\" 2-inch brush he'd say, \"Now then — let's get crazy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's making you think it's so easy,\" Kowalski says. \"Well, let me tell you something — these are not as spontaneous as they look.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Ross made three of the same paintings for every episode. The first was sitting off camera and was used for reference. The second was the one viewers saw on TV. And the third was a more detailed landscape used for his instructional books. Ross was meticulous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bob used to lay in bed at night, he told me, he rehearsed every word,\" Kowalski says. \"He knew exactly what he was going to say on every one of those programs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like this famous phrase: \"You know without question that we don't make mistakes here. We just have happy accidents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross made viewers in living rooms across the country believe that they could pick up a paintbrush and whip up some majestic snow-covered mountains. On TV he appeared so \u003cem>relaxed\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kowalski has a different way to describe the real-life Ross: \"A tyrant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You don't believe that?\" she asks. \"Do you really think this company would be as successful as it is, if he didn't insist that everything be done a certain way?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, they had a company to look after, and Ross was as much a businessman as he was a painter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to leave the impression that he was rude or nasty,\" she says. \"He just wanted things done his way. He was wonderful. He was really wonderful. I want Bob back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross was diagnosed with lymphoma, and as his last days approached, he would sit beside Kowalski outside the hospital on a bench overlooking a lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34355 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-800x450.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"He was wonderful. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Re-watching the show decades later — it's now streaming on Netflix — \u003cem>The Joy of Painting\u003c/em> still feels like a personal art lesson. And yet the oil painter we spent so many hours with remains a mystery. Ross led a private life and did only a few interviews during his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you want to get to know Bob Ross, you have to seek out Kowalski. When she discovered Ross 35 years ago, she was in the aftermath of a family tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My oldest son was killed in a traffic accident. It was very difficult,\" Kowalski says. \"I was so devastated. All I could do was lay on the couch and watch television.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She watched a painter named Bill Alexander, who was big on PBS back then. Kowalski's husband was desperate to get her out of the house, so he signed her up for Alexander's painting class, 900 miles away in Clearwater, Fla. But then Alexander stopped teaching and passed his classes off to an unknown protege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was very disappointed,\" Kowalski says. \"I so wanted to paint with Bill Alexander. But my husband said, 'Get up. Get in the car. We're going.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a five-day class in a hotel conference room. At the easel upfront was a guy with a perm who went by Bob. His paintings were good, but when he started talking to the class, that's when Kowalski knew she had met someone special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was so mesmerized by Bob,\" Kowalski says. \"Somehow, he lifted me up out of that depression. I just think that Bob knew how to woo people. I said, 'Let's put it in a bottle and sell it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 779px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-34354\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1.jpg\" alt=\"Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of The Joy of Painting. He actually painted three different versions of each work for every show — but viewers only saw one on-screen.\" width=\"779\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1.jpg 779w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1-400x591.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bobcamera_custom-389ced5f674c3a3e45843300c7935e3d3f649ec1-768x1134.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of The Joy of Painting. He actually painted three different versions of each work for every show — but viewers only saw one on-screen.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kowalskis took him to dinner at a fast-food joint and brokered a deal; Annette Kowalski would become Ross' manager. They packed up the paints, hopped in his motor home and hit the road. Kowalski bought ads in local papers while Ross held poorly attended seminars in shopping malls. They needed to generate some buzz, so Kowalski created a toll-free Bob Ross hotline: \u003cem>1-800-BOB-ROSS.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They eventually filmed a commercial and launched a TV show, and it was on TV that Ross hit it big. In the first \u003cem>Joy of Painting \u003c/em>episode, he's already using those friendly Bob-isms that made him famous: \"Let's have a happy little tree right in here,\" he says. \"There he goes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1982 through 1994, Ross filmed more than 400 episodes of \u003cem>The Joy of Painting\u003c/em>. But most viewers weren't tuning in to paint alongside him. They were watching Bob Ross just to ... watch Bob Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Shoot; we have a pretty nice lookin' little sky,\" Ross would say as he stood back to assess his work. \"And there wasn't anything to it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, unveiling his \"almighty\" 2-inch brush he'd say, \"Now then — let's get crazy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's making you think it's so easy,\" Kowalski says. \"Well, let me tell you something — these are not as spontaneous as they look.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Ross made three of the same paintings for every episode. The first was sitting off camera and was used for reference. The second was the one viewers saw on TV. And the third was a more detailed landscape used for his instructional books. Ross was meticulous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bob used to lay in bed at night, he told me, he rehearsed every word,\" Kowalski says. \"He knew exactly what he was going to say on every one of those programs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like this famous phrase: \"You know without question that we don't make mistakes here. We just have happy accidents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross made viewers in living rooms across the country believe that they could pick up a paintbrush and whip up some majestic snow-covered mountains. On TV he appeared so \u003cem>relaxed\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kowalski has a different way to describe the real-life Ross: \"A tyrant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You don't believe that?\" she asks. \"Do you really think this company would be as successful as it is, if he didn't insist that everything be done a certain way?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, they had a company to look after, and Ross was as much a businessman as he was a painter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to leave the impression that he was rude or nasty,\" she says. \"He just wanted things done his way. He was wonderful. He was really wonderful. I want Bob back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross was diagnosed with lymphoma, and as his last days approached, he would sit beside Kowalski outside the hospital on a bench overlooking a lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34355 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-800x450.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/bob-boat_wide-f5ed68c7de929b77afb19808f79509002c96dfc8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"He was wonderful. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve seen \u003cem>Sleeping Beauty,\u003c/em> \u003cem>The Jungle Book\u003c/em> or the Toy Story movies, you’ve seen the work of animator Floyd Norman; for decades, he has helped bring Disney and Pixar classics to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio’s first African-American animator in the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman’s love of art began long before his Disney job, as he reveals in a new documentary, \u003cem>An Animated Life. \u003c/em>“Any empty surface was a blank canvas for me,” he says. His mother was constantly scrubbing scribbles off the walls. “I was drawing on everything,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., a place that, he says, sheltered him from much of the racial tension and segregation of the time. He tells NPR’s David Greene he experienced no racism — “none whatsoever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 651px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e.jpg\" alt='Norman says he did not think of himself as a trailblazer. \"We were just a bunch of kids looking for a job,\" he says.' width=\"651\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11983558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e.jpg 651w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e-400x492.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e-488x600.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman says he did not think of himself as a trailblazer. “We were just a bunch of kids looking for a job,” he says. \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Flore Films/Falco Ink.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We lived in a Pacific paradise,” he says. “I didn’t know it at the time, but my experience as a child was probably a good deal different from many, many people. We had access to everything — good schools, concert, theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to that upbringing, it never occurred to Norman that he\u003cem> couldn’t\u003c/em> apply for a job as a Disney animator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the thought just never occurred to a lot of young black talent to apply for a job in the film industry,” he says. “And it wasn’t just Walt Disney. I’m sure the same thing happened at other film studios as well. There was a perception that opportunities were not available for people of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he applied, and in the mid-1950s he became Disney’s first black animator. Many saw that as a big deal — but not Norman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were about half dozen of us came to work at Disney that same week,” he says. “We came from different parts of the country. We were all from different backgrounds. … We were Asian, we were Latino, we were black, we were white. Nobody thought about that because that was not the issue at hand. Nobody thought of themselves as being a trailblazer for their race or their group. We were just a bunch of young kids looking for a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many have accused Walt Disney and his studio of making racist films, often lampooning minority groups, including African-Americans. Norman downplays that view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t the same sensitivity there as we have today,” he says. “A lot of this happened, it’s unfortunate, but that was just the times in which we lived. I don’t think we should go back and try to erase the past. This was part of our history, this is part of what happened, and so we should be able to deal with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman also worked on the animated series \u003cem>Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids\u003c/em>, which aired in the 1970s and ’80s. It was based around Bill Cosby’s memories of growing up in Philadelphia and featured a cast of African-American characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Keep in mind that Bill Cosby, who created \u003cem>Fat Albert,\u003c/em> was simply reflecting on his childhood …” Norman says. “It was just making fun of ourselves and there’s nothing wrong with that … I think when others do it, it might be viewed as insensitive, but I see nothing wrong with poking fun at yourself, and as a cartoonist that’s what I do every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983559\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"Norman, now 81, was not interested in retirement. "I wanted to continue to work," he says. "You see, creative people don't hang it up.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11983559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman, now 81, was not interested in retirement. “I wanted to continue to work,” he says. “You see, creative people don’t hang it up. \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Flore Films/Falco Ink)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Norman turned 65, he says Disney tried to force him to retire, but he wouldn’t have it. “I wanted to continue to work,” he says. “You see, creative people don’t hang it up. We don’t walk away, we don’t want to sit in a lawn chair, we don’t want to go out and play golf, we don’t want to travel the world. We want to continue to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so he did — given the opportunity to contribute as a freelancer, Norman found his way back into the studio. Most freelancers work at home and only come into the office once the job is complete, but not Norman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided I didn’t want to work at home,” he says. “I missed the camaraderie of the big studio. I missed talking to people. I miss being around the action. And so … I found an empty office and I moved in. I was probably in violation of some rule or law or whatever, but there I was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued to work in the office, and his colleagues affectionately coined the term “Floydering” — it rhymes with loitering — in his honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman — who has met and worked with Tom Hanks — has been compared to Hanks’ famous character, Forrest Gump. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’ve seen \u003cem>Sleeping Beauty,\u003c/em> \u003cem>The Jungle Book\u003c/em> or the Toy Story movies, you’ve seen the work of animator Floyd Norman; for decades, he has helped bring Disney and Pixar classics to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio’s first African-American animator in the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman’s love of art began long before his Disney job, as he reveals in a new documentary, \u003cem>An Animated Life. \u003c/em>“Any empty surface was a blank canvas for me,” he says. His mother was constantly scrubbing scribbles off the walls. “I was drawing on everything,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., a place that, he says, sheltered him from much of the racial tension and segregation of the time. He tells NPR’s David Greene he experienced no racism — “none whatsoever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 651px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e.jpg\" alt='Norman says he did not think of himself as a trailblazer. \"We were just a bunch of kids looking for a job,\" he says.' width=\"651\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11983558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e.jpg 651w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e-400x492.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-at-disney-1956_enl-8061ea53e61122f883758ba82d806df42c73253e-488x600.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman says he did not think of himself as a trailblazer. “We were just a bunch of kids looking for a job,” he says. \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Flore Films/Falco Ink.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We lived in a Pacific paradise,” he says. “I didn’t know it at the time, but my experience as a child was probably a good deal different from many, many people. We had access to everything — good schools, concert, theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to that upbringing, it never occurred to Norman that he\u003cem> couldn’t\u003c/em> apply for a job as a Disney animator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the thought just never occurred to a lot of young black talent to apply for a job in the film industry,” he says. “And it wasn’t just Walt Disney. I’m sure the same thing happened at other film studios as well. There was a perception that opportunities were not available for people of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he applied, and in the mid-1950s he became Disney’s first black animator. Many saw that as a big deal — but not Norman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were about half dozen of us came to work at Disney that same week,” he says. “We came from different parts of the country. We were all from different backgrounds. … We were Asian, we were Latino, we were black, we were white. Nobody thought about that because that was not the issue at hand. Nobody thought of themselves as being a trailblazer for their race or their group. We were just a bunch of young kids looking for a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many have accused Walt Disney and his studio of making racist films, often lampooning minority groups, including African-Americans. Norman downplays that view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t the same sensitivity there as we have today,” he says. “A lot of this happened, it’s unfortunate, but that was just the times in which we lived. I don’t think we should go back and try to erase the past. This was part of our history, this is part of what happened, and so we should be able to deal with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman also worked on the animated series \u003cem>Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids\u003c/em>, which aired in the 1970s and ’80s. It was based around Bill Cosby’s memories of growing up in Philadelphia and featured a cast of African-American characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Keep in mind that Bill Cosby, who created \u003cem>Fat Albert,\u003c/em> was simply reflecting on his childhood …” Norman says. “It was just making fun of ourselves and there’s nothing wrong with that … I think when others do it, it might be viewed as insensitive, but I see nothing wrong with poking fun at yourself, and as a cartoonist that’s what I do every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983559\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"Norman, now 81, was not interested in retirement. "I wanted to continue to work," he says. "You see, creative people don't hang it up.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11983559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman_today_enl-62ab18200a08bbf1d4847f25b5b66f9ef9070e08-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman, now 81, was not interested in retirement. “I wanted to continue to work,” he says. “You see, creative people don’t hang it up. \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Flore Films/Falco Ink)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Norman turned 65, he says Disney tried to force him to retire, but he wouldn’t have it. “I wanted to continue to work,” he says. “You see, creative people don’t hang it up. We don’t walk away, we don’t want to sit in a lawn chair, we don’t want to go out and play golf, we don’t want to travel the world. We want to continue to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so he did — given the opportunity to contribute as a freelancer, Norman found his way back into the studio. Most freelancers work at home and only come into the office once the job is complete, but not Norman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided I didn’t want to work at home,” he says. “I missed the camaraderie of the big studio. I missed talking to people. I miss being around the action. And so … I found an empty office and I moved in. I was probably in violation of some rule or law or whatever, but there I was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued to work in the office, and his colleagues affectionately coined the term “Floydering” — it rhymes with loitering — in his honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman — who has met and worked with Tom Hanks — has been compared to Hanks’ famous character, Forrest Gump. Norman says it’s not so far off:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forrest was the guy who just sort of showed up everywhere,” he says. “So a lot of people have looked at me when it came to the animation business where I was the guy … just popping up all over the place. That’s because I love this business, and I never wanted to be apart from it.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Norman pitches his storyboards to Disney executives in fall 2014.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11983560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/floyd-norman-pitching-his-storyboards-at-disney_fall-2014_enl-77325a15d8a31f8bbc306a02cd0bb8af2cef8a75.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman pitches his storyboards to Disney executives in fall 2014. \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Flore Films/Falco Ink)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/279907304″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLARQ8c_Z8k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 26-28:\u003c/strong> Violinist and composer \u003ca href=\"http://www.markoconnor.com/o-connor-band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark O’Connor \u003c/a>debuted at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 12, and has played with everyone from Stéphane Grappelli to Dolly Parton to Yo Yo Ma. Now he’s featuring wife Maggie (also on violin), their son Forrest on mandolin, plus lead singer Kate Lee, Forrest’s fiancé in the O’Connor family band. I’m guessing this is a very tight group, except when they’re bickering like crazy. David says he gets the chills thinking about how the Grappelli link ties O’Connor to the work of the great gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt (born 1910), so there will be a century-and-change of music history at the O’Connor Band’s shows on Aug. 26 at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/7pm-mark-oconnor8-26-16/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuumbwa Jazz\u003c/a> in Santa Cruz, Aug. 27 \u003ca href=\"https://lesherartscenter.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>, and Aug 28 at \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefreight.org/mark-oconnors-oconnor-band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freight and Salvage in Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiSC2VzQznA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug 26-28\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bcfhereandnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Black Choreographers Festival\u003c/a> is doing its first summer series, with some of the region’s best African American choreographers trying out new material. They’re tackling big issues like the anxiety of being a young black man and gentrification in Oakland. Look for work from \u003ca href=\"https://www.dimensionsdance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dimensions Dance Theater\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.dawsondancesf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawson Dance SF’s\u003c/a> founding director Gregory Dawson, Urban Jazz Dance Company, LA’s JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble, and several youth dance companies, including the terrific \u003ca href=\"http://cultureshockdance.org/oakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Shock Oakland\u003c/a> (see their work in the video above). Details for the three day Black Choreographers Festival are \u003ca href=\"http://www.bcfhereandnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbQfkinWCo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 28\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecrmusicgroup.com/artists/blake-morgan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Morgan \u003c/a>is a singer-songwriter who is also well known for his advocacy for the rights of performers and for his family background as for his music. He started an \u003ca href=\"http://irespectmusic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online petition\u003c/a> to fight for royalties for performing artists when their records are played on the radio. He’s the one who lured \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecrmusicgroup.com/artists/lesley-gore/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesley Gore\u003c/a> out of semi-retirement to record an album a few years ago for Morgan’s own label, and he’s the son of proto-feminist Robin Morgan who coined the term, “The personal is political.” And his dad is Kenneth Pitchford, an original member of the Gay Liberation Front. Did we mention Morgan’s a terrific songwriter? Details for his show at the Hotel Utah on Sunday are \u003ca href=\"http://www.hotelutah.com/event/1205461-janita-blake-morgan-pat-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11980102 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Dameion Brown is ‘Othello’ at Marin Shakespeare Company\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-800x505.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-400x253.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-768x485.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-1920x1212.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-960x606.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dameion Brown is ‘Othello’ at Marin Shakespeare Company \u003ccite>(Photo: Steven Underwood/Marin Shakes )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 26-Sept. 25 & Sept. 14-Oct. 9:\u003c/strong> In a time of heightened racial tension, we’re highlighting two productions of \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em>, one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragic heroes. Othello was the Moor, the other, the black man in a white society, who had to be better than everyone else to fit in, and yet was still plotted against and driven mad to the point of homicide. Actor \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/2016/07/29/meet-dameion-brown/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dameion Brown\u003c/a>, a former Solano State Prison inmate, plays Othello at the \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/on-stage/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin Shakespeare Company\u003c/a>, and Brown told me he feels a lot in common with the character. “I know the feeling of being viewed as not good enough,” Brown said in a phone interview. “These things \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em> went through, the racism, even though he was the greatest general they had. He was still looked upon as the Moor, and back in the Elizabethan era, it was not much different than the n-word is used by others toward African-Americans today.” Details \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/tickets/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82BMdcJFkYM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, California Shakespeare Theater’s new Artistic Director Eric Ting directs actor Aldo Billingslea (also Provost for Diversity at Santa Clara University) as the titular character in their production of \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em>. Billingslea was terrific in August Wilson’s \u003cem>Fences\u003c/em> at Cal Shakes earlier this year. Liz Sklar plays Desdemona. Details for Cal Shakes production are \u003ca href=\"https://tickets.calshakes.org/Online/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11980266 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/Quantum-Dragon-Theater-800x328.jpg\" alt=\"Quantum Dragon Theatre Founding Members\" width=\"800\" height=\"328\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quantum Dragon Theatre’s Founding Members \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy Quantum Dragon Theatre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 26-Sept. 10\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantum Dragon Theatre\u003c/a> is a new company focusing on works of science fiction and fantasy, both new and classic. Their first play is \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/#!speed-of-light/no57l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Speed of Light\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by by Bella Poynton, about Mayra, a woman scientist who also has a drug addiction, as she discovers the secret to traveling at light speed. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtDVy55shI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug 30 & Sept 2-3\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://unknownmortalorchestra.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown Mortal Orchestra\u003c/a> is a very odd trio playing retro 70’s funk and disco. But founder Ruban Nielson likes to thrash out thoroughly 21st century issues in his lyrics, including polyamory and heartache on last year’s \u003cem>Multi-Love\u003c/em>: “Checked into my heart and trashed it like a hotel room. Who is your God? Where is she?” Which doesn’t mean they don’t have some fun as well with their psychedelic take on The Grateful Dead’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQd-i4pIBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Shakedown Street.”\u003c/a> Your best chance to catch the band is at the Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma on Tuesday Aug. 30. Details \u003ca href=\"https://lagunitas.com/music/unknownmortalorchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a> But they’re also doing a pair of sold out shows (opening for Tame Impala) at the Greek in Berkeley Sept 2 & 3rd. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.livenation.com/events/534029-sep-3-2016-tame-impala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Look for work from \u003ca href=\"https://www.dimensionsdance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dimensions Dance Theater\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.dawsondancesf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawson Dance SF’s\u003c/a> founding director Gregory Dawson, Urban Jazz Dance Company, LA’s JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble, and several youth dance companies, including the terrific \u003ca href=\"http://cultureshockdance.org/oakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Shock Oakland\u003c/a> (see their work in the video above). Details for the three day Black Choreographers Festival are \u003ca href=\"http://www.bcfhereandnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cQbQfkinWCo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cQbQfkinWCo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 28\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecrmusicgroup.com/artists/blake-morgan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Morgan \u003c/a>is a singer-songwriter who is also well known for his advocacy for the rights of performers and for his family background as for his music. He started an \u003ca href=\"http://irespectmusic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online petition\u003c/a> to fight for royalties for performing artists when their records are played on the radio. He’s the one who lured \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecrmusicgroup.com/artists/lesley-gore/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesley Gore\u003c/a> out of semi-retirement to record an album a few years ago for Morgan’s own label, and he’s the son of proto-feminist Robin Morgan who coined the term, “The personal is political.” And his dad is Kenneth Pitchford, an original member of the Gay Liberation Front. Did we mention Morgan’s a terrific songwriter? Details for his show at the Hotel Utah on Sunday are \u003ca href=\"http://www.hotelutah.com/event/1205461-janita-blake-morgan-pat-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11980102 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Dameion Brown is ‘Othello’ at Marin Shakespeare Company\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-800x505.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-400x253.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-768x485.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-1920x1212.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/DameionBrown_2605-e1472165746925-960x606.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dameion Brown is ‘Othello’ at Marin Shakespeare Company \u003ccite>(Photo: Steven Underwood/Marin Shakes )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 26-Sept. 25 & Sept. 14-Oct. 9:\u003c/strong> In a time of heightened racial tension, we’re highlighting two productions of \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em>, one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragic heroes. Othello was the Moor, the other, the black man in a white society, who had to be better than everyone else to fit in, and yet was still plotted against and driven mad to the point of homicide. Actor \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/2016/07/29/meet-dameion-brown/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dameion Brown\u003c/a>, a former Solano State Prison inmate, plays Othello at the \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/on-stage/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin Shakespeare Company\u003c/a>, and Brown told me he feels a lot in common with the character. “I know the feeling of being viewed as not good enough,” Brown said in a phone interview. “These things \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em> went through, the racism, even though he was the greatest general they had. He was still looked upon as the Moor, and back in the Elizabethan era, it was not much different than the n-word is used by others toward African-Americans today.” Details \u003ca href=\"http://marinshakespeare.org/tickets/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/82BMdcJFkYM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/82BMdcJFkYM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Meanwhile, California Shakespeare Theater’s new Artistic Director Eric Ting directs actor Aldo Billingslea (also Provost for Diversity at Santa Clara University) as the titular character in their production of \u003cem>Othello\u003c/em>. Billingslea was terrific in August Wilson’s \u003cem>Fences\u003c/em> at Cal Shakes earlier this year. Liz Sklar plays Desdemona. Details for Cal Shakes production are \u003ca href=\"https://tickets.calshakes.org/Online/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11980266 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/Quantum-Dragon-Theater-800x328.jpg\" alt=\"Quantum Dragon Theatre Founding Members\" width=\"800\" height=\"328\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quantum Dragon Theatre’s Founding Members \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy Quantum Dragon Theatre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 26-Sept. 10\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantum Dragon Theatre\u003c/a> is a new company focusing on works of science fiction and fantasy, both new and classic. Their first play is \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/#!speed-of-light/no57l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Speed of Light\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by by Bella Poynton, about Mayra, a woman scientist who also has a drug addiction, as she discovers the secret to traveling at light speed. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/bEtDVy55shI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/bEtDVy55shI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug 30 & Sept 2-3\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://unknownmortalorchestra.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown Mortal Orchestra\u003c/a> is a very odd trio playing retro 70’s funk and disco. But founder Ruban Nielson likes to thrash out thoroughly 21st century issues in his lyrics, including polyamory and heartache on last year’s \u003cem>Multi-Love\u003c/em>: “Checked into my heart and trashed it like a hotel room. Who is your God? Where is she?” Which doesn’t mean they don’t have some fun as well with their psychedelic take on The Grateful Dead’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQd-i4pIBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Shakedown Street.”\u003c/a> Your best chance to catch the band is at the Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma on Tuesday Aug. 30. Details \u003ca href=\"https://lagunitas.com/music/unknownmortalorchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a> But they’re also doing a pair of sold out shows (opening for Tame Impala) at the Greek in Berkeley Sept 2 & 3rd. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.livenation.com/events/534029-sep-3-2016-tame-impala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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