Bruce Lee, a legend, used his life to make Chinese Kung Fu famous all over the world!
Now her daughter Li Xiangning found only 8 pages of manuscripts when she was collecting his belongings. Judging from the manuscripts, it looked like Bruce Lee's unfinished works.
So Li Xiangning decided to use her personal relationships to continue to complete this work
So this work with the style of Bruce Lee came out, and the production team is also quite good. Director Justin Lin once directed the action film "Speed and Passion" series that swept the world, and also shot a documentary about Bruce Lee.
The screenwriter of this play should not be underestimated. Jonathan, the screenwriter of the black drama "Black Eat Black", has strong personal characteristics, black and literature, violence and desire, intertwined to make this drama
"warrior"
The title "Warrior" refers not only to Bruce Lee himself, but to thousands of Chinese laborers. If they are not respected and bullied, their only weapon is kung fu.
Of course, kung fu may not be real kung fu, but a kind of thought, a kind of thought in order to oppose oppression. Before understanding this drama, you should understand the background of the drama.
History background
In the latter half of the 19th century, under the influence of the Taiping Rebellion, a generation of Chinese in the coastal areas of South China were forced to flee Hong Kong and Macau. At the same time, a large number of gold mines were discovered in San Francisco, USA.
In order to mine gold, a lot of labor is needed, so ocean-going merchant ships often bring some Chinese. These laborers originally worked on ships and were later sold to San Francisco.
Of course, there are still some people for the gold rush dream. There was a rumor: "You can find gold by bending over", but after coming here, all the dreams were broken.
In order to make a living, many Chinese agreed to sign a body-selling agreement through the arrangement of a middleman
Between 1849 and 1882, more than 300,000 Chinese entered the United States, most of them in the West. Those Chinese laborers who rushed to the United States one after another did not try to prove the absurdity of the "Sick Man of East Asia" sign, nor to reflect the Chinese nation. the bravery
Just to survive, to be able to send some money home
At first, most people came to pan for gold, and then they were arranged to build railways. Before that, railway construction has always been done by Americans.
However, American workers often resist low wages and slack off. Later, capitalists discovered that Chinese workers not only have low wages, but also are willing to obey and work hard.
So they began to hire a large number of Chinese laborers. In this land, there are the shrewdness of capitalists and the intrigue of politicians. The only thing that is not lacking is cheap Chinese.
With the wave of unemployment swept in by the economic crisis, white Americans with strong racial awareness began to protest, arguing that Chinese laborers posed a threat to their employment and caused their living standards to decline.
Repulsion, attacks, and humiliation of Chinese laborers continued to occur, and the wave of Chinese exclusion continued until the 1930s. It was not until China played an increasingly important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that it gradually subsided.
Perhaps most people don't know that this railway that runs through the east and west of the United States is a railway where many Chinese laborers lost their lives.
There was once such a comment: "Under every sleeper lies a Chinese worker's corpse"
Those dark Chinese laborers with long braids, with less money than whites, doing more, and even facing death and humiliation at any time
If you fall behind, you will be bullied, this is the truth that will never change
On top of the truth, we also need some ideals, some heroes that can arouse our fighting spirit, and "Warrior" is designed for this purpose.
The male protagonist Ah Sheng is like a warrior, a gradually awakening lion
The first appearance is amazing, neither humble nor arrogant, brave and powerful moves to solve the arrogant white American, the story does not tend to the development of national heroism
Ah Sheng came here just to find his long-lost sister, and in the process of searching, he gradually exposed the class contradictions and racial discrimination that existed in the United States at that time.
The more important history of Chinese workers' blood and tears, and Ah Sheng plays a passer-by and a catalyst
The rejection of Chinese laborers can be clearly felt from the people who shouted "piggy", who held up the "Get out" sign.
Under the dual effects of unemployment and racial awareness, the life of Chinese workers has become more and more difficult
But the funny thing is that the Chinese have always liked to form gangs. The casualties caused by fighting and the economy brought about by drug trafficking have all brought political achievements to local politicians.
They don't care about the lives of the Chinese, as long as they don't touch white Americans
In Chinatown, there are gangs established by Chinese people. Among them, the gang that Ah Sheng joined is called Hewei, and the boss is called Zun Ye. All the time, gangsters have fierce looks, and this person is no exception.
When he saw Ah Sheng's first face, he got angry because Ah Sheng didn't bow when he stepped back.
Another gang leader, Long Zhi, is in his twilight years and has a woman by his side.
This woman is exactly the younger sister Ah Sheng was looking for. However, her younger sister is no longer the younger sister she used to be. She became Mrs. Yazhai and became the leader of the gang.
This is not heaven, but hell, for the Chinese
There are only three ways out: prostitutes, coolies, gangsters
Ah Sheng is lucky because he has kung fu, and kung fu has become a tool for his survival. At the same time, he is also unfortunate and met a woman
Because of his kung fu skills, he became the biggest suspect.
This woman is the wife of Mayor Blake. Blake is a flawed person and a person who disdains Chinese life and death
And this woman is precisely a white American who is politically opposed to the mayor
In this drama, no one is absolutely black, most of them are for survival, and the description of human nature is not single. In it, Chinese can be cowardly people who are discriminated against, or they can be people who will do anything to achieve their goals.
White people can be discriminators or ordinary people who fight against unfair treatment
Break the inherent thinking mode, black and white, Chinese laborers who go to San Francisco are good and bad, ugly gang thinking has become a joke
It's not just a drama, it's a belief of Asian filmmakers
Being able to show the past history on mainstream media in Europe and America, the Chinese are a force that cannot be ignored. Kung Fu represents a culture and a will to break free from shackles.
Whether it is in the future or now, I hope we can be like a soldier, with some confidence and some arrogance, and use our own beliefs to smash those outdated concepts
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