Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Marlon Brando / James Baldwin


Marlon Brando / James Baldwin
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“It took five seconds—
For the barefoot boy’s wet tracks
To dry on the porch”
—Richard Wright, Haiku #98
This Other Place

Brando studying—
Under Erwin Piscator
New School drama class

With his crooked grin—
“On the Waterfront” toughness
Sensitive butch male

Deeply attractive—
His steady emotions and
Vulnerability

Brando and Baldwin—
Both of them more than actors
Simpatico men

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