CHIN 2052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ronny Yu, Jet Li, Unequal Treaty
25 Apr 2016
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East meets west in film: politics through visuals: political conditions, fearless. Unequal treaties (pertains to the uk, russia etc. )/opium wars: the chinese only accepted silver, the importation of opium into china, basically forced the chinese to exchange the tea for the opium. Fearless (huo yuanjia) 2006, ronny yu tan-tai. Reason for/effect of change of nationality: jet li was more defensive, more modest. Most of his hits were revolved around turning the american"s strength to himself: jet li saved the american from becoming impaled huo was. Honourable: jet li"s cue represented loyalty to confucius, the american was showier, flashy, and obnoxious with his language and stature. His moves were more offensive: physical difference between the two made a big political statement. Huo vs. west: british boxer, belgian lancer, spanish fencer. When tanaka won by default as jet li was poisoned by the western guys.
