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Burton
May 22, 2002 16:18:05 GMT -5
Post by Dj on May 22, 2002 16:18:05 GMT -5
This may be the wrong forum to post this in, but hey! I'm the moderator here ;D
Do any of you know a good site with info about Levar Burton? I didn't see an official website of his or much about him. I was just thinking about Reading Rainbow and wondering if he gets payed for that job... anyone know? And how long has he been doing the show?
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Burton
May 23, 2002 7:27:36 GMT -5
Post by UltimateTrekker on May 23, 2002 7:27:36 GMT -5
Reading Rainbow began in 1983, and as far I can tell, it's still going.
He DOES get paid (that's what the screen actors guild is for) He started the show 6 years after roots (his biggest work up to that point) and was probably given a fairly decent pay, yet small since the show was probably filmed in blocks (filmed in 1 day so they'd film like 10 at a time, then give him 2 months off) and it was for public TV.
In the post trek world (he made 100K per episode) he probably did it for the same or less.
(as I researched I found 2 neat quips... at the same time as TNG came out he starred in Roots: The Gift with Avery Brooks and BEFORE trek he was in The Supernaturals with Nichelle Nichols.)
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