Every time I see Putin on TV, I think of Yul Brynner (1920-1985), a dead Hollywood actor. This complex bald movie star is famous. Just mentioning his starring "The King and Me", "True and False Princess" and "Seven Warriors" is enough to amuse fans. Working with such beauties as Deborah Kerr and Ingrid Bergman also made him feel like a duck to water, bringing his acting skills to the extreme.
However, what makes people relish is his peculiar appearance. His heroic spirit reveals a bit of Russian pride and oriental sentiment, while his bald head, melon seeds, a pair of deep eyes and a straight nose bridge, Constitute his deep personality and elusive image interpretation style.
Brynner is an excellent example of going from a vagabond to a Hollywood star. He was lonely, suffering and wandering since childhood. At the age of 13, he joined the Gypsy Wandering Band and participated in the French "Winter Circus". It seems that the reason why France expelled the Roma this time has been criticized by the world is because the Gypsies have been wandering for too long.
If Brynner also encountered such a situation of being driven out at that time, there may be no later Brynner. Fortunately, he was recommended to Broadway to perform in the opera "Pipa Song" in 1945, and later starred in the movie "The King and I" in 1956, and became famous in one fell swoop. In the end, he died of lung cancer due to excessive smoking.
Such a person who is full of bizarre experiences can be described as unidentified, but he has long accompanied the world with his characteristic images. This is a legend in itself.
Putin looks a lot like him. It's just that as the president or prime minister of a country, apart from frequently showing hard muscles, he doesn't have the same funny and exaggerated movements like Brenna. Whether Putin will become the next president, or whether he will be in the presidential palace again, and whether he will win the applause of the Russian people again, is still unknown. However, what is certain is that Putin's memory of power more or less is really comparable to Brynner's infatuation performance.
2010, August, 30
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