{"footnote":"\u003Cp\u003E  As it happens, the real Sidney Poitier was born, prematurely, into a poor Bahamian family. Contrary to his on-screen persona, he wasn\u0026rsquo;t de-sexed, and at first, at least, he wasn\u0026rsquo;t especially  dignified. The first chapter of Poitier\u0026rsquo;s 1980 autobiography, \u003Cem class=\u0022emphasisClass\u0022\u003EThis Life\u003C\/em\u003E, ends with him in a crawlspace under his parents\u0026rsquo; house, trying to rape (the word is  Poitier\u0026rsquo;s) a chicken.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","audio":[],"video":[]}