4 TV Star

Chapter 3 TV Star A man named Jay Sebring was in the crowd the day in 1964 that Bruce showcased his skills at the First International Karate Tournament in Long Beach, California. Sebring was a friend of Hollywood producer William Dozier. That's how Dozier came to know about Bruce. A producer is someone who does lots of the behind-the-scenes work on a movie or a television program. He or she might do

1964年，在加利福尼亚长滩举行的第一届国际空手道锦标赛上，布鲁斯展示了他的技术。 塞布林是好莱坞制片人威廉·多齐尔的朋友。 多齐尔就是这样知道布鲁斯的。 制片人是在电影或电视节目中做很多幕后工作的人。 他或她可能会

everything from helping to create the show, to hiring the actors and directors, to raising money to make the show. The producer does not appear on camera. But if you've ever seen reruns of the Batman television series from the 1960s, you've heard Dozier speak. He's the deep-voiced narrator who says things such as, "Meanwhile, back in the villains' hideout," and, "Tune in next time—same bat-time, same bat-channel!" Dozier hired Bruce to play the son of a

从帮助创作节目，到雇佣演员和导演，再到筹集制作节目的资金。 制片人没有出现在镜头前。 但如果你看过20世纪60年代《蝙蝠侠》电视系列的重播，你就会听到多齐尔的讲话。 他是一个声音低沉的叙述者，说着这样的话：“与此同时，回到恶棍的藏身处，”和“下次收听——同样的蝙蝠时间，同样的蝙蝠频道！”多兹尔雇布鲁斯演一个

fictional detective named Charlie Chan in a new television series. The series never got off the ground, and eventually the idea was canceled. Dozier liked what he saw of Bruce, however, so when the producer had another chance to hire him for a new television show, he did. The show was called The Green Hornet. It was based on a comic-book character of the same name, just like Batman was. Batman was hugely popular, and Dozier was looking for another hit show. Dozier wanted Bruce to play the role of the Green Hornet's sidekick, who was named Kato. He was the Green Hornet's driver and bodyguard. The Green Hornet and Kato fought crime together.

一个名叫陈查理的虚构侦探出现在一部新的电视剧中。 这个系列从未开始，最终这个想法被取消了。 然而，多齐尔喜欢他所看到的布鲁斯，所以当制片人有另一个机会请他出演一部新的电视节目时，他答应了。 这部剧叫做《青蜂侠》。 它是根据同名漫画人物改编的，就像蝙蝠侠一样。 《蝙蝠侠》非常受欢迎，多齐尔想再拍一部热播剧。 多兹尔想让布鲁斯扮演青蜂侠的助手，这个角色名叫加藤。 他是青蜂侠的司机和保镖。 青蜂侠和加藤一起打击犯罪。

At first, Bruce wasn't sure he wanted to play that character. Before he came along, Chinese roles in movies and on television were either offensive exaggerations or were played by white actors using silly accents—sometimes both! As Bruce once put it, the dialog for the Chinese characters always included a lot of "ah-sos" and "chop-chops." Bruce didn't want to reinforce those old stereotypes. "That was his rule," Linda said. "He would

一开始，布鲁斯并不确定自己是否想要扮演这个角色。 在他出现之前，电影和电视上的华人角色要么是令人反感的夸张，要么是由白人演员用愚蠢的口音扮演的——有时两者都有！正如布鲁斯曾经说过的，中国角色的对话总是包括很多“啊-so”和“chop-chops”。 布鲁斯不想强化那些陈旧的刻板印象。 “那是他的规矩，”琳达说。 “他会

not do any roles that were demeaning to the Chinese culture." Dozier assured Bruce it wouldn't be that way at all. Instead, Kato would use his smarts and martial-arts skills to catch criminals and save the day. So Bruce took the job, and the Lee family moved to Los Angeles, where The Green Hornet was filmed. The Green Hornet introduced Bruce, who was twenty-five years old at the time, to

不要出演任何有损中国文化的角色。” 多齐尔向布鲁斯保证不会那样。 相反，加藤会用他的智慧和武术技巧来抓住罪犯，拯救世界。 所以布鲁斯接受了这份工作，李家搬到了洛杉矶，《青蜂侠》就是在那里拍摄的。 青蜂侠让25岁的布鲁斯认识了

American TV audiences. His kung fu skills were like nothing ever before seen on television. He moved with amazing speed. One story is that Bruce's reflexes were so fast that he could stand in front of a person who held a coin in an open hand, grab the coin, and replace it with another before the person's hand could close. Bruce definitely was too fast for the cameras to catch all of his incredible moves. The makers of The Green Hornet had to ask him to slow down his action. They didn't think television viewers would believe anyone could move as fast as Bruce without using special effects. A funny thing happened with the show: Kato turned out to be more popular than the Green Hornet. That was good for Bruce—but bad for the show. It lasted only one season. When it was canceled, Bruce was out of a job.

美国电视观众。他的功夫在电视上是前所未见的。 他以惊人的速度移动。 有一种说法是，布鲁斯的反应速度非常快，他可以站在一个手里拿着硬币的人面前，抓起硬币，在那个人的手还没合上之前就把另一枚硬币放了回去。 布鲁斯的速度实在是太快了，摄像机无法捕捉到他所有不可思议的动作。 《青蜂侠》的制片人不得不让他放慢动作。 他们认为电视观众不会相信有人能在不使用特效的情况下跑得和布鲁斯一样快。 一件有趣的事情发生了：加藤竟然比青蜂侠更受欢迎。 这对布鲁斯来说是好事，但对这部剧来说是坏事。 它只持续了一个季节。 节目被取消时，布鲁斯失业了。