0:01 - 对美国的第一印象,西方学院,生父母之间的紧张关系,需要加强训练的语言 First impression of U.S., Occidental College, tensions between bio-parents, the need of language training
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9:20 - 只看好莱坞电影,中国被日本占领地区禁止播放好莱坞电影期间,与妈妈去剧院,妈妈是著名演员,舅舅是电影制作人,但从未想过自己会做这个行业 Only saw Hollywood's movies, while banned on Hollywood’s movies in Japan occupied China, went to theater with Mom to see operas, mom was a well-known actress, uncle was a film producer, never thought himself been in the field
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15:40 - 与母亲一起周六看电影去剧院的时光,被演出深深打动,世界第二次大战和中国电影 Quality time with mother going to movies and theaters on Saturdays, deeply moved by the performances, World War II and the Chinese cinema
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26:15 - 六岁父母离婚,周六跟母亲看演出,是不寻常的青少年生活,其他日子跟其他孩子一样,迷人的鸦片吸食故事叙述者在香港 Uncommon teenage life, went to theaters with mom on Saturdays, did the same things with other kids on other days; the glamorous opium smoking story-tellers in Hong Kong
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34:00 - 蝴蝶夫人和信件阅读,与阿妈的生活,离婚后父母各方家庭的生活 Madame Butterfly and letter reading, life with amah, both sides of family’s journeys after divorce
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41:32 - 妈妈建议,成为一个中国山水画学徒,父亲不喜欢,大学期间与父母的联系,两年半以后才变成主修 Mom suggested and he became a Chinese landscape painting disciple, father did not like it at all, connection with parents during college, took over 2.5 years to make it a major
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48:00 - 融入大学生活,成为梅尔齐纳的学生,从两个文化中汲取灵感,中国艺术的影响,使用刷子 Getting through college, became Jo Mielziner’s apprentice, drawn on two cultures, the influence of Chinese painting and his childhood experience, using a brush
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58:44 - 从梅尔齐纳处受益最多, 成为一个舞台设计师,剧院中的艺术师,而不是技术员,受布里斯阿隆松的影响更多,前卫想法,现代,时尚,是梅尔齐纳和布里斯阿隆松的结合 Jo Mielziner, took care of him the most, taught him the most, became a stage designer, an artist not a technician of the theater, big influenced from Boris Aronson’s far out thinking, modern, up to date, followed Boris more, was the combination of Jo and Boris
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68:25 - 关于种族歧视,一定存在但在Occidental没有感受,西方学院的第一个黑人学生是室友,三个中国学生,历史和个人的进步,用“明”定义自己 About racism, it exists but not in Occidental, the first Black student in Occidental college was roommate, there were 3 Chinese students, the progress of history and oneself, self-identity “Ming”
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