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1、上世纪的名流Twentieth-centurylionBooksandArts;BookReview;HarryBelafonte'sautobiography;文艺;书评;哈利·贝拉方特自传;Twentieth-centurylion;上世纪的名流;MySong:AMemoirofArt,RaceandDefiance.ByHarryBelafonte;《我的歌：追忆艺术，种族与反抗》哈利·贝拉方特著。ITALLbeganwithasetofVenetianblinds.In1946acoupleinaManhattanapartmentbuildingaskedth
2、eirjanitor,abiracialJamaicanNewYorkernewlyreturnedfromnavalserviceinthesecondworldwar,toinstallasetintheirflat.Thetaskcompleted,theygavehimtwotheatreticketsaspayment.Thejanitor,havingnomoneyforthedinnerthataproperdatewouldhaveincluded,wentonhisowntosee“HomeistheHunter”,aplayaboutblackser
3、vicemenreturningtoAmericaafterthewar.Hewasenraptured.这一切要从一套百叶窗帘说起。故事发生在1946年的曼哈顿，有对夫妇想在家里安装一套百叶窗帘，于是便叫来一位公寓清洁工，作为报酬，事后给了他两张戏票。想来，邀人看戏起码得请吃个饭，可无奈囊中羞涩，这清洁工就自个儿去美国黑人剧院看了场《家是猎人》。这出戏讲述了一位美国黑人士兵战后返乡的事，看着看着这哥们就陶醉了。Thetenants,ClariceTaylorandMaxwellGlanville,performedintheplay,whichwasputonbyth
4、eAmericanNegroTheatre(ANT).Thejanitorwas,ofcourse,HarryBelafonte.剧中表演者正是那对夫妇，克莱斯·泰勒与麦斯威尔·格兰维尔;而那清洁工呢，自然就是哈利·贝拉方特;说来，那时二战刚刚终了，结束海军服役后，这个有着牙买加血统的美籍混血回到纽约，在一幢公寓里做起了清洁工。InshortorderMrBelafontealsofoundhiswayintotheANT,wherehenotonlyactedbutmade“myfirstfriendinlife”,anotherpoor,hustlingWestIn
5、diannamedSidneyPoitier.Thetwoofthemhatchedget-rich-quickschemes—MrPoitierwantedtomarketanextractofCaribbeanconchasanaphrodisiac—andtheysharedtheatretickets:theycouldonlyaffordasingleticketbetweenthem,soonewouldattendbeforetheintervalandoneafter,theneachwouldfilltheotherin.MrPoitiergothis
6、breakfirst:hetookMrBelafonte'splaceinaplaythatthelatter,stillemployedasajanitor,missedbecausehehadtocollecthistenants'rubbish.IttookMrBelafonteseveralmoreyearsofstruggling,andhegainedfamenotasanactor,forwhichhehadtrained,butasasinger,forwhichhehadnot,fillingtimeduringtheintervalatLesterY
7、oung'sconcerts,wherehisfirstbackupbandincludedMaxRoachandCharlieParker.不久后，贝拉方特也找到了通往美国黑人剧院的门路。在那儿，他不仅演戏，还结实了“生命中第一个朋友”西德尼·波蒂埃。和贝拉方特一样，这个来自西印度群岛的小伙儿生活拮据，为了生计四处奔波。私下里，二人策划了快速致富的计划：加勒比贝壳的提取物可拿来当春药使，波蒂埃就想带着货去市场卖;此外，哥俩还共用一张戏票。由于只付得起一张票钱，两人就以幕间休息为准，你来半场，我来半场，互换位置。波蒂埃首先打开局面，并在一
