Bruce Lee fought against the second (third) class treatment of Chinese, and other minorities.
When Hollywood made Enter the Dragon, they wanted to make Bruce one of three fighters. Bruce fought for his spotlight and the movie was re-titled Enter the Dragon.
Bruce's previous work in Hollywood was as a side-kick (Kato), a generic Chinese (as he played in some westerns), but he vowed that he would be a star.
Steve McQueen was one of his students and Bruce told McQueen that he would be a star like him.
Now, today, Bruce Lee is ridiculed in the current Hollywood movie, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has spoken against this caricature of his late friend and teacher. You see, Kareem was also a student of Bruce Lee. Bruce respected the frame and work of Kareem and invited him to do some test footage for the movie that became Game of Death. Kareem did not sign any contracts, and he was not paid by Raymond Chow when the movie came out.
In recent years Kareem has penned some comic books as well.
Kareem states that the director of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood did sloppy work on the presentation of Bruce Lee. I agree.
When Hollywood made Enter the Dragon, they wanted to make Bruce one of three fighters. Bruce fought for his spotlight and the movie was re-titled Enter the Dragon.
Bruce's previous work in Hollywood was as a side-kick (Kato), a generic Chinese (as he played in some westerns), but he vowed that he would be a star.
Steve McQueen was one of his students and Bruce told McQueen that he would be a star like him.
Now, today, Bruce Lee is ridiculed in the current Hollywood movie, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has spoken against this caricature of his late friend and teacher. You see, Kareem was also a student of Bruce Lee. Bruce respected the frame and work of Kareem and invited him to do some test footage for the movie that became Game of Death. Kareem did not sign any contracts, and he was not paid by Raymond Chow when the movie came out.
In recent years Kareem has penned some comic books as well.
Kareem states that the director of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood did sloppy work on the presentation of Bruce Lee. I agree.
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