Denzel Washington’s film career did not take a brilliant and brilliant start when he played in the awkward racial satire of 1981 “Carbon Copy”. However, he managed to distinguish himself when the script gave him moments written with competence. Better yet, the film’s failure could not really hurt him; He had already reserved a key support role in the “soldier game” winner of the Pulitzer prize by Charles Fuller.
There were a lot of stars in this show (including a young Samuel L. Jackson), but each casting director in town was blown away by the powerful mix of fury, Washington lightness and, let’s face it, beauty. He did not necessarily reduce his formidable co-stars, but, according to those who had the chance to see the production, there was a direct thread office when he went on stage. It could have led him to a career on stage, but the much more lucrative activities of films and television called.
Washington was still a novice in the entertainment sector at the time, but it was also realistic about absurdly limited opportunities available for black actors. He therefore auditioned for spots invited on television, because the only way to earn a living as an actor is to take the available work (assuming that it is not humiliating, which was an enigma for black artists in the 1980s, and beyond, as satirized in the “Hollywood shuffle of Robert Townsend).
His agent, however, was vigilant about Washington’s career choices. “I remember earlier that my agent told me not to be caught on television,” said the star at Entertainment Weekly in 2010. “She convinced me not to do” the Jeffers “, for which I read.” Recall that at the time, once an actor entered a television groove, cinema roles have become more difficult to find. In the end, however, Washington launched caution in the wind and joined the distribution of a NBC drama. He chose judiciously.
Denzel found his house on television in St. elsewhere
Created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, “St. Wherwhere” went bankrupt the Hoary medical drama to new heights. Located in an old hospital in Boston almost dilapidated, the show has a stellar set which included Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, William Daniels, David Morse, Christina Pickles and Howie Mandel. Although the show was never a safe blow, it was a Smash with the criticisms and a lasting candidate for the Emmy Award (winning 24 in total), NBC therefore kept it in the air for six seasons. The quality has never dropped these seasons either, and it ended with one of the greatest finals in the series of all time.
Of all the characters of “St. Elsewhere”, Dr. Phillip Chandler de Washington could have had the most convincing arc. He was a brilliant, ambitious and incredibly capable doctor, but he often expressed dissatisfaction with his career path. If you needed additional evidence of Washington’s genius, his chandler was often unlucky in love; He finally found a soul mate in Dr. Roxanne Turner (played by none other than alfre Woodard), who seemed to fill the biggest hole in his life. But this is not the case. If you have never seen the show before, I don’t want to spoil how things ended to Chandler, but it was a shock for viewers.
If you are a fan of Denzel (and why would you not be?), Binge “St. elsewhere” Posthaste. Television is not improving that. (Don’t expect the star to come back because Washington is not watching television at all.)
