Charts of the highest grossing movies and most popular films across the world rank Terminator, The Matrix Reloaded, and Rush Hour 2 in the top-25 grossing action movies of all time. These movies combine for a box office total of more than 700 million dollars! Unbeknownst to many people, these “American” movies are in fact heavily impacted by the immigration of actors from various countries. Immigration into the United States post-1965 affected many realms. In the field of graphic arts, immigration has caused a potent change in the cultural atmosphere of the United States. The assimilation of immigrants into American society has changed the scope of entertainment in that it has formed a melting pot of actors from different cultures and unique …show more content…
Vijay Prashad writes, “There was something extraordinary about Bruce Lee” (Prashad 4). Lee was born in 1940 in San Francisco, but grew up in Hong Kong, where he took part in more than 20 cinematic features. He showed movie-star qualities at the earliest age of three months when he took part in the film “Golden Gate Girl”. This was made possible due to his parents being opera stars. During his preteen years in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was unfortunately involved in street gang fights. In order to escape this harsh environment Bruce Lee’s parents decided to immigrate to the United States when he was in his teens. Even though Lee was technically born in the United States, he was still deemed by all as Asian-American. Similar to his identity in Chinatown (San Francisco), even though Lee was, by paper, American, his heart and culture remained Asian. Chinatown served a perfect fit for the Lee family because of the town’s high concentration of Asian-Americans, traditional festivals, and ethnic …show more content…
Bruce Lee characterized himself as a rather unbiased person in general, and is quoted in saying, “I… am a man who never follows those fearful formulas… So, no matter if your color is black or white or red or blue, I can still make friends with you without any barrier” (Prashad 55). This was one of the fundamental characteristics of Lee that allowed him to make such an impact in the American culture. This intrinsically unbiased nature Lee exuded is the reason he was able to acquire many connections, not only in martial arts but professional actors and the like. He connected well with those he communicated with, and therefore could impact a wider
Lee’s background supported his view of the United States. In the text Grant and Lee A Study In Contrasts by Bruce Catton it states on page 96 ”Lee was born privileged and and believed the upper class had strength and virtue.”He maybe thought full and high of himself. Lee was from Virginia and had old aristocratic concepts and was born privileged which gave him a better start in life in the beginning. Also in the text it states “Lee saw himself in relation to his own region.” Lee might’ve agreed to all the rules and all of his region because men were willing to die for Lee's beliefs. Lee's background supported his view of the United States because he was born
Lee may have had a great Revolutionary War hero as his father but his prestigious background aided him little when his family sank into financial crisis. Lee experienced the ups and downs of leading an army when he found success in the war with Mexico but chastise after failing in Pickett’s charge at the beginning of the Civil War and endured the harsh comments of “Granny Lee” by Confederate soldiers. His name was not restored until the battle of Antietam where he used brilliant military tactics to defeat General McClellan in Richmond, Virginia. Following his astounding victory in Richmond, Lee went on to lead the army of his home state of Virginia into many victorious battles against the Union army. Lee should be remembered for his ingenious military tactics and victories over Union armies that had thousands of more soldiers than Lee ever acquired.
Robert E. Lee was a very brilliant and strong military leader. He fought in many wars which he defeated them and he got defeated also. He was smart on how he fought in the wars. He had to earn his way up from the bottom all the way up to general. He had fought in the Civil War and in the Mexican War. He wanted to quit so bad but he never gave up and kept on going.
Lee is not afraid to show how he feels about anything leaving bold comments and showing confidence in the fact that he's right and you're wrong. The latest news on spike is that he has been taking shots at Donald Trump via twitter "Da world is going up in smoke. Let's all say our prayers. Good night @DonaldTrump". Spike Lee has made a name for himself outside the movie scene by creating commercials for Jordan,Nike,Taco Bell, and Under Armour.
He grew up with a great love of all country life and his state. This stayed with him for the rest of his life. He was a very serious boy and spent many hours in his father's library. He loved to play with some his friends, swim, and he loved to hunt. Lee looked up to his father and always wanted to know what he was doing. George Washington and his father, "Light-Horse Harry Lee," were his heroes. He wanted to be just like his father when he grew up.
Despite the mistakes his father and brother made, Lee managed to grow learning the ways of a true Southern gentleman. The departure of his father and two older half-brothers made Lee the man of the house at an early age. His mother, Ann Carter, raised Lee in modest circumstances and helped him to learn standard of conduct. Lee grew up in modest conditions, and though he received the normal education for someone of his class, he had to earn his own living and didn’t live the easy-going plantation life that most members of his family did. Since his mother did not have sufficient cash to send Lee to go to college, he chose instead to enter West Point military and academy. He entered in 1825 at the age of 18. At West Point Lee excelled tremendously. He finished second in his class and didn’t receive one demerit during his four years there (A feat that has yet to be repeated since then). Lee entered Engineer Corps after graduation where he was employed to build and maintain military installations and assist the Federal Government in the enormous work of providing internal improvements in order to settle border disputes on the frontier lands.
I chose legend of Bruce Lee this movie to describe how to understand intersectionality identities and experiences. To be frank, Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American actor but he also was ethnic Chinese. This store of the life of Bruce Lee, I just use the film beginning to analysis it. In the aristocratic school of Bruce Lee to represent the school at cha-cha dance match, but British student Blair is hate him very much and calling him a sick man of Asia. If Bruce Lee get good grade, Blair will bring his British knights to bully him. Something is unfair, as a British teacher when she saw Blair had the injured, she will told Bruce Lee’ father: “your son is so sucks.” When they come back to home, Bruce Lee’ father him. After a few days, he
The eldest of nine children, Lee- Chin was born in rural Port Antonio, Jamaica in 1951. He came from a biracial parentage; his mom was a Chinese
Growing up as a child superstar in Hong Kong was not easy for in 1950s. Bruce used to be bullied and hated by other kids all the time. Lee got short tempered with all the bullying and as he grew older started getting into fights. Since, he was fighting a lot, Lee’s parents decided to enroll him to martial arts School. At age of 16, Lee began his Wing Chun training with master Yip Man, however he had already learned the basic fundamentals of "Wu-style t'ai chi" with his father. Yim Man was a great teacher and renowned fighter of his time. He discouraged Wing Chun in street fights and believed Wing Chun to be only a household art. Furthermore, Yip Man man was a perfectionist and strict teacher who couldn’t stand slow students . After training for a year with Yip Man, Lee’s fellow students knew about his mixed ancestry and stopped training or sparring with him. He had to train while facing racism. At the time,Chinese people were generally
He joined the US Army in 1942 and served in the Signal Corps. He continued his impressive streak of creativity there by writing manuals, training films and slogans, which led to him being nicknamed in the military as the ‘playwright’ (Stan Lee, 2018). After completing his stint with the army, Lee rejoined back to his original company in 1950s, which was now known as the ‘Atlas Comics’ (Stan Lee, n.d.). He then afterwards started experimenting with various genres such as romantic, sci-fi, horror, humorous stories,
By casting more diverse actors, the American entertainment industry is able to increase viewership in both television and film. To begin with, diverse casting allows for higher television show ratings. For example,
Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco. One year later, Bruce and his family returned to Kowloon in Hong Kong. At the age of 5, Bruce began appearing in children's roles in minor films
For over 80 years, Americans have been entertained by Hollywood productions on the big screen. Movies and films have always been a favorite pass time of the country. As a result of the fact that so many Americans turn to the big screen for fun, there is a lot of influence potential carried with the films or the movies that Hollywood produced. With increased ability to disseminate information comes the responsibility of presenting images that are accurate and factual. The influence and perception that Hollywood created was not always positive. There were multiple groups that were marginalized in film through stereotypes. Native Americans were one of the groups that were negatively
Asian American actors and actresses are portrayed in Hollywood movies as always being the silent and yielding foreign victims to social injustice and prejudice. Whether or not these depictions are true, they are nonetheless stereotypes that Hollywood producers have come up with. According to the US Census in the year 2000, Asian Americans make up 4.2% of the entire American population, and knowing that most Asian Americans live on the west and east coast of the United States, many Americans living in central parts of this country have not really been exposed to any Asian Americans. Because of this fact, it is highly probable that most Americans get their exposure to the Asian American lifestyle only through television and movies. Even if
Bruce Lee was perhaps the greatest Martial-Artist ever. He was born in San Francisco, California on November 27th, 1940. A few months after his birth, Bruce and his family move back to Hong Kong. Bruce starred in a number of films as a child. His first starring role was actually when he was six years old! It was a role in a film titled "Little Orphan Sam".