CHIN 2052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Vijay Prashad, Cinema Of Hong Kong, The Big Boss
25 Apr 2016
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Colonial hong kong: movie people fleeing japanese occupation in china. Growth of hk studios, including shaw bros. Shaw commissioned movies in traditional swordsman genre, e. g. , king hu; Born in san francisco, 1940; parents = visiting actors, opera stars. Return to us: kato in the green hornet tv series (1966-1967) sidekick, not lead. Denied lead in kung fu (tv): too chinese. Return to hk: the big boss (1971), way of the dragon (1972), fist of fury (1973), enter the dragon (1973)" accidental suicide. Way of the dragin: works in relatives" restaurant in rome; local gangsters; Anti-imperalism: adaptability of bruce lee like water, bruce lee had a lot of respect, covered up chuck norris with his belt and jacket etc. Morally superior: anti-imperialism is continuous in terms of small person always fighting some kind of oppressor. But needs luck in world of guns, knives: anti-imperialism = ongoing struggle. Polyculturalism (vijay prashad): inspiration for all oppressed peoples.
