[347/365] Holt

[cosmolinguist]

I heard the news of Andre Braugher's death on the radio this morning and immediately picked up my phone to text Andrew to say I was thinking of him. (Something it turns out I could not do since my phone seems to have lost his mobile number!)

I was thinking of him because he loves this show and central to that love is how much he identified with Holt. That whole show is great representation of various kinds of neurospicy brains, and Andrew considered himself to be as much Holt as he was any of the characters (though he said he was about as much Boyle).

We watched Brooklyn 99 so much together that I haven't been able to see an episode since I left three years ago, and that is about twice as long as I was watching it in the first place and yet it never seems to be long since I've referenced Holt, whose representation of leadership I really admire.

The other day it was about how there's no such thing as the best dessert: "If you're still hungry, you should've eaten more dinner." But sometimes it's what he says when Rosa comes out as bi in an episode that gave me a more realistic depiction of what my parents would be like if I tried that than I ever expected to see in any media.

Holt says "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place." And Andre Braugher really made me believe that, as he did so many great lines, in how he delivered it.

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Oh, how sad!

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah it's really sad, he was only 61.

[cosmicjellyfish]

I was so sad to hear about his death. That’s a lovely quote (and his portrayal of Holt is wonderful - it’s been a long, long time since I last watched B99, but so many of his line deliveries have stuck with me). ♥

[jesse_the_k]

I loved his performances in everything. On Homicide, his Frank Pembleton character had a stroke. Braugher's portrayal demonstrated both the pre-stroke frustration and the new person who was being born. I'm no fan of "cripping up," but I respected his acting here, as well as the writing: Pembleton's stroke recovery wasn't solved, ever -- an ongoing reality.

And Holt was just fabulous.