Still the biggest bad ass after all these years!
As an asian and a fan of old school kung fu flicks always try to imagine what would've happened if Bruce Lee had lived?
Would he have had the career that Jackie Chan or Jet Li have right now? I'd like to think so, perhaps they would've taken a backseat to the legend that was Bruce Lee.
If you look at his body of work it in actuality wasn't a whole lot of celluloid. But there are still people that revel in his art. Whether it be via his movies, or the practice of Jeet Kun Do, you can still find people still digging on Bruce Lee.
Thinking about it... We still see the magnum opus of kung fu cinema Enter the Dragon on a regular basis on channels such as G4 and generally any weekend movie of the day! Good golly, thinking about it the man has been deceased for 35 years! Yet we still worship him as the best there ever was.
As an asian of Thai/Chinese descent I'm very proud of the fact that we at least had someone in films who made such an impact. Albeit, we along with African Americans, Hispanics, and other ethnicities still have a long way to go to match society's perception of a superstar. It gives me hope that there's still opportunity for the rest of us...
Back in the day...
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