While watching Fist of Fury for the first time, Mao dissolved in tears, Liu recalled, and said "Bruce Lee is a hero!" Mao watched the film twice more. Liu said he did not know of any other movie that Mao viewed three times.

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    22 days ago

    Did you not read the article? The scene that Mao was reacting to was one where Lee's character 'kicked and smashed a wooden panel bearing the words: "Chinese and dogs not allowed".' It was a scene of fighting very explicitly not just for yourself or as yourself but fighting for and as the oppressed.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      22 days ago

      I went off into the weeds there when I should have first established that I was wholeheartedly sympathetic of that particular contextual moment of Mao loving that moment and wanting to see it again and again. Sorry.