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.

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    Stalin liked cowboy movies and Mao Martial arts movies, They all enjoy treats

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      Remember some of the best westerns were initially hated on because Ameribrains were racist against Italians lol

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        That's a very concerning, maybe even unserious thing to say after already establishing the whole "no gods, no masters" thing

        Nah dog, Heroic realism was a real agitprop tactic and as far as Mao's concerned, Bruce Lee was a living example of positive heroism for the proletarian masses.

        We should be following Mao's stance on enjoying martial arts movies to a T

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          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            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.

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  • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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    While watching Army of Darkness for the first time, Maduro dissolved in tears, Villegas recalled, and said "Bruce Campbell is a hero!" Maduro watched the film twice more. Villegas said he did not know of any other movie that Maduro viewed three times.

    maduro-coffee

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    Random fun fact Mao's favourite song was either Aawara Hoon (I am a vagabond) or Mera Joota Hai Japani (My shoe is Japanese), both from films made by legendary Indian actor/director Raj Kapoor. Listen to either of these songs on a streaming platform, they are honestly amazing, and try the translated lyrics, you'll see why he liked them

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      The revolution will have our own Grammaton clerics

      Except ours will use hammers and sickles and the muzzle flash will be a big star instead of a cross

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    me watching Tyler Durden get beat up by an italian mob character while doing a joker laugh Brad Pitt is a hero 🥺

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_Dialectics_Break_Bricks%3F

    The Fr*nch dubbed Maoist theory over a Kung Fu movie:

    "The film utilizes footage from the 1972 martial arts film Crush by Tu Guangqi, which tells the story of anti-colonialist revolt in occupied Korea, which was dubbed over by the filmmakers in an example of détournement. Viénet's intention was to adapt a "spectacular" film typical of the film industry to the purposes of a radical critique of cultural hegemony and thus an expression of subversive revolutionary ideals.

    The narrative focuses on a conflict between proletarians and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their grasp of dialectics in the fight against their oppressors, while the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation....."