Oak Speaks out on great comet controversy — Page 7

kdogg36 said: "carnzee said: "So a poster on the other board named "King Speed" has posted comments on how unprofessional Mandy Patinkin is."

Actually, I agree with this. Not only is his unprofessionalismin previous projects well-documented, but he had no legitimate reason to back out on his commitment toThe Great Comet."

Everybody who focused on race in this case was unprofessional. That includes Oak, Cynthia, Rafael and yes, Mandy.

ArtMan said: ""Speed" has already identified himself as the actor Eric Millegan, who was a regular on Bones. He stated this in the thread "who's the most famous people on this board.""

In that case, I stand corrected. I still don't consider him to be all that famous, and his arrogance (" I, personally, am more famous than most people on Broadway" ) is even more of a turn-off.

Updated On: 10/5/17 at 09:26 AM

kdogg36 said: "carnzee said: "So a poster on the other board named "King Speed" has posted comments on how unprofessional Mandy Patinkin is."

Actually, I agree with this. Not only is his unprofessionalismin previous projects well documented, but he had no legitimate reason to back out on his commitment toThe Great Comet."

Patinkin may be unprofessional. I don't know much about him. But "King Speed" posted that to try to divert attention away from Oak's mistakes, which is why I said he had an agenda in posting it.

Neither Patinkin's alleged unprofessionalism nor Kagan's bad producing lets Oak off the hook for showing up unprepared and demanding accommodations, as has been reported.

I really wish I could have been a fly on a wall in the Ghost Quartet dress rehearsal/Great Comet reunion. For their reactions to this continued nonsense, of course, and just because I really like this cast.

One tv show hardly makes one "famous". His IMDB list is pretty short, and unimpressive. I have never heard is name, never watched the one show. Even looking at his pix, I've never seen him before. He could walk through Manhattan (and likely LA) with very few people noticing him. There aren't very many actors that just get to play whatever roles they "ask for".

Dave28282 said: "But he consented to the whole fable. By doing so he gave off a message that it could be true. Which was unprofessional."

Seems like a stretch. He was going into a show for a few weeks, and his casting because the source of controversy, supposedly unbeknownst to him, so he bailed rather than become a part of it.

Speed said: "And I love that you called Oak's role in Hamilton a SMALL supporting role. You couldn't give him respect by simply calling it a supporting role. The racism is very obvious."

Oh my goodness. I haven't had TIME to read through every single post here since I weighed in last night, but I just want to say that reasonable people can disagree - the way I read "small" supporting role when I read the post is to distinguish his role in Ham from the many other supporting roles in Hamilton where the supporting role was much larger - i.e. The role of Angelica. The role of Jefferson/Lafayette. Not as a dis. Just not some 'break out' steal the scene type thing that the other larger supporting actor roles had.

perfectlymarvelous said: "Bit late, but bear88, I'd just like to publicly thank you for your very well thought out and even-keeled post a couple pages back.

Also, I think it says a lot that his Hamilton castmates have been virtually silent throughout this whole debacle."

Agreed. I've always found it interesting that LMM didn't weigh in either. But I'm glad he hasn't.

Scarywarhol said: "In the spirit of holding more than one idea at a time, which I believe most of the folks in this thread are doing, Oak is being ridiculous...but it's not worth engaging with Dave's usual attitude that any sensitivity to race is wrong. Plenty of explicitly racist sentiments from that one in the past."

That’s pretty much where I am. Oak’s comments are seemingly by no means helpful, truthful, or incisive. But any discussion with that poster just goes in the same increasingly awful, awkward, inane circles. Best to just ignore.

haterobics said: "Dave28282 said: "But he consented to the whole fable. By doing so he gave off a message that it could be true. Which was unprofessional."

Seems like a stretch. He was going into a show for a few weeks, and his casting because the source of controversy, supposedly unbeknownst to him, so he bailed rather than become a part of it."

True, but he already was part of the situation. Bailing is also taking a standpoint. He basically had 2 choices, staying or running away. I feel the only fair thing to do was to stay. Because no fable should ever prevent you from doing your job. And he clearly left a bad taste in some peple's mouth after running away in fear for the great big race fable. It gave the fable makers a lot of power.

Scarywarhol said: "Plenty of explicitly racist sentiments from that one in the past."

None

hmph said: "I really wish I could have been a fly on a wall in the Ghost Quartet dress rehearsal/Great Comet reunion. For their reactions to this continued nonsense, of course, and just because I really like this cast."

I have a deep attachment to the cast as well. They seem to truly be like a family, even working with one another, hanging out together post-Comet, and supporting each other on their individual shows.

It’s come to a point where I feel truly happy for anyone in the cast who has found work after Comet. They deserve it.