A tribute to Paul Robison will be featured in today's pod cast. Paul Robison, the copied voice of James Earl Jone's, was one of the worlds most famous, singer and actor of the from the 1920's through his .leaving America, first to Germany, and with the war approaching, he moved to France, until finally returning to America in 1979. Charlie Chaplin and Josephine Baker, also felt the need to escape to France, as the Putnam/Hoover era, and anti-sedition laws prevailed, and later Joe McCarthy and Hoover's blacklisting were equally intolerant of the famous trio.
One of his most memorable movies was Emperor Jone's as he played an African leader who fell victim to power. He was the voice of the song Ol' Man River, in the true Hollywood movie in the 30's, and his Broadway stage portrayals were monumental. He was a deep bass, fluent in many languages and knowledgable of many cultures. He is probably considered to be the greatest Gospel singer of the 20th century.
I will do my best as Paul, playing Othello, the speech below:
Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service, and they know't. No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,(390) Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,(395) Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. Set you down this;(400) And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him, thus.(405) |
There is a Bomb in Gilliad, Ol' Man River and Volga Boat men are my Robison voice, Robison live song's on today's podcast.
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