Sing Your Song Already

Recently, while promoting Sing Your Song, an HBO special about his life, Harry Belafonte fell asleep.  I can understand.  I almost did the same thing while watching the documentary.

Not that it was poorly done.  It was put together well, and had a lot of interesting old footage.  But it concentrated on his activism, not his show biz career.  I undertsand he's a brave and noble man who's been on the front lines of civil rights struggles for years.  But I didn't need to see almost two hours of the man recounting every cause he fought for.

Okay, that's what the show is about, and I can take it or leave it. But let's face it, his performing career is more entertaining.  And with the man himself supplying most of the narration, going on and on about the great things he's done, after a while it starts seeming like a voyage in self-righteousness. Belafonte deserves to be spoken of as a great entertainer and a guy who put himself on the line when he didn't have to.  But that doesn't mean he's the one who should be doing the speaking.