Take a walk up to the Trump Tower

The woman who called herself Maria Osric believed in a revolutionary new alternative energy source that would change the world forever, that short hair for women was appalling, that a utopian New World order was inevitable, and that Maria could channel communications from alien races located in star systems that were light years away to partner with the ancestral Jews. They would assist the Vril Society and an alien race. The ancestral Jews she said were Black men like my father. She told me that my father thought that America was particularly wonderful because America was the "melting pot" of the world. We have a variety of cultures in our midst, and it's wonderful to embrace another lifestyle. It's also been a helpful (albeit somewhat dishonest) addition to our labor force. Most of all, I think everyone agrees that America is (was?) a wonderful place of opportunity for people who come from oppressed nations like my father.  Read more >>

From the pages of Yaphet Kotto Alien Diary.
A Cauldwell, Fulton publication.
© 2015.

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THE GOD DAMM WHITE MAN

"The Reviews are coming!"

THE GOD DAMM WHITE MAN might not be the great and definitive novel of racial "conflicts" in the United States, perhaps it has yet to be written—if, indeed, the grim story of blacks-versus-whites can ever be expected in all its grotesque proportions on paper. But until—or in lieu—the arrival of such a consummate book, we can turn to "The God Damm White Man," which comes to Amazon.com between now and November.

For this hard-hitting dramatization of Enoch Shadoobee's book as Translated by the great Yaphet Kotto about the painful sometimes violent conflict of racism in America in the last five and a half decades is a pretty, good estimation of the social problems involved and a graphic presentation of the sort of savagery that has occurred. It misses being a grand book because its story follows conventional lines It is more sentimental than realistic—and because its contours are somewhat too poetically-blurred.

Like Mr. Dickens classic novel, it tells a tormented tale of a bitter former street hustler named Enoch Shadoobee and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man, no longer moved by racial outrage at injustices forced upon him falls in love with making money and soon is pillaging and stealing from the pockets of his former friends and neighbors.

Whereupon his departed partner and close friend, returns from the dead defending the whites, and reminding him of a time when he was kinder and more innocent. There is emotional butchery and pathos at the end when he is forced to face his future in prison.

Yaphet Kotto, who wrote the translation and edited the original text, has not departed substantially from the pattern of the original classic. Both in plot and essence, this has the character of a story about ghosts and Shadoobee’s neglected fiancée Belle who ends their relationship after she realizes that Shadoobee will never love her as much as he loves money and violence. Then there is a visit later in time to the then-married Belle's large and happy family on Christmas Eve.

 The clash is pat, the personal feelings are obvious and the crucial scenes are written with the imaginative realism of a poetic horror.

In this connection, Yaphet Kotto aides Shadoobee in creating a stirring, strong portrayal of an all emotion-torn black friend. It is Kotto’s acting ability that gives him the power to pound passions with his pen and the frequent bursts of shocking savagery that throw shafts of sharp illumination through this classic that Mr. Dickens probably was not aware was there in the original. Kotto is as powerful a writer as he is an actor.

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Oh my god, Yaphet is the most good looking man!

Oh my god, Yaphet is the most good looking man. I always tell my husband that Yaphet has to be the only best looking older actor that I've ever seen. And the fact that he's black, well that's even better. Does it mean that just because a person gets older, they can’t be sexy anymore? How lame is that? If you take care of yourself, you can pretty much have a certain sex appeal at almost any age. Yeah, you better believe he’s sexy and always has been, to me and lots of other women I know of all ages. So chew on that for awhile!

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Yaphet Kotto Interview on Good Day LA

Yaphet Kotto Interview on Good Day LA

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Yaphet Kotto RARE Q&A Interview - Chiller Theatre

Yaphet Kotto RARE Q&A Interview - Chiller Theatre - October 25, 2014

In his first convention Q&A appearance, Yaphet Kotto answers questions starting from his childhood through his long and prestigious acting career.

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Yaphet Kotto in The Play 'Fences'

Yaphet's performance of Troy in the play 'Fences' in the City of London or the Square Mile where there is the main business and financial district in London, the West End is the main commercial and entertainment centre of the city. It is the largest central business district in the United Kingdom comparable to Midtown Manhattan in New York City and as Yaphet score big on Broadway in New York he scored big on the London stage playing a Boxer and heavyweight champ. this time playing a fading baseball player..Yaphet has a number of offers to return to the stage and is looking for any excuse to return to England that he loves...

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Yaphet Kotto produced and directed film “Speed Limit."

Yaphet can move a motorcycle with expert guidance. He played a motorcycle cop in a film he produced and directed.. “Speed Limit."

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