Keith Hamilton Cobb has gone public regarding recent events that resulted in co-executive producer and co-creator Robert Hewitt Wolfe exiting GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA.
On his own official website [http://keithhamiltoncobb.com/], the actor posted statements to reassure fans of the show, saying, "This is the sort of situation which occurs in television probably a great deal more often than any of you know. Any time several factions come together to create a product (i.e. money people, distribution people, A-list talent) there will always wind up being more generals than soldiers. And more often than not, each general will want to do things a little differently than any other. Does the product suffer? Of course it does."
He adds, "Actors, by and large, tend to suffer as well. The internecine wrangling always trickles down to the ones whose only purpose it is to show up and say the words, and whose only power is the power to say them so as to give them some slight significance. Because their job is solely to bring vivid life to a single character, and because they pride themselves in their ability to do so, it is in no small way depressing and frustrating both when the work they do is compromised, sometimes severely, by several, and I mean more than ten conflicting forces outside of their control and often so obscure that they can't even be pointed at.
"In my case, the work will go on. The show will change and evolve as it's pulled in various directions by the various forces. That doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. Through it all, I will continue to love Tyr, and his voice and presence will continue to remain unique regardless of the amount of screen time. I'm an actor, he is my creation, and his integrity is the only stake I have in all of this."
Cobb also specifies that ANDROMEDA fans may be participants in all this, saying, "But the truest fact is that it is not Tyr's voice that matters, it's yours. You, the viewing public will ultimately decide what flies. As always, you have more power than you tend to know or wield. Write letters. Real ones. Express your opinions fervently and often. Send them to Tribune and Fireworks both. The producers of television want you to watch, and they know that the only way to get you to watch is to please you. Anything that you want the show to be is what will ultimately be manifest, but only if you state your desires clearly and loudly. It would be wise for the various production entities to monitor what is being said on-line, and to pay attention to e-mail petitions and the like. But they don't!! Copious quantities of snail mail expressing one prevalent commonality of opinion over another is still the only thing that really gets attention. That, and the viewing numbers."
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