06-08-2020, 12:40 AM
I changed the title of NDA Screener to the actual title. It was for my DoG interview: http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...3#pid38563
The doc is okay. It doesn't reveal anything new really, and perpetuates a lot of myths about Lee. I liked its artistry in presentation for the most part, but found its harping on the Amer-azn aspect a bit overdone. I read some other interviews with the director Bao Nguyen, and he said the only azn on-screen character he remembered was Short Round. Really? For me it was Kung Fu movies, Kaiju movies and Mr. Sulu. I guess that dates us. It's timely however. The PBS American Asians series (http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5445) covered the same ground with Lee but in less than 10 mins. My Shaolin brother Matt Polly, who is now the Bruce expert after his biography, gave me a ton of backstory about the production, stuff I couldn't use. It became the Shannon Lee show, which I understand. It's impossible to access the estate without Shannon, and her dad died when she was only 4, so how much did she really know him? I've met her several times and even interviewed her, and you have to play to her in a certain way to get 'authorized'.
The timing of the doc was good. I wish they had gone into the Hong Kong protests more than just that nod in the credits. That's a great part of the Be Water phenomenon, a missed opportunity, but perhaps he was too deep in post prod to include that more successfully.
At the very least, I'm grateful that it opened a door for me to Den of Geek. They're having me pitch a few stories later this week. Wish me luck.
The doc is okay. It doesn't reveal anything new really, and perpetuates a lot of myths about Lee. I liked its artistry in presentation for the most part, but found its harping on the Amer-azn aspect a bit overdone. I read some other interviews with the director Bao Nguyen, and he said the only azn on-screen character he remembered was Short Round. Really? For me it was Kung Fu movies, Kaiju movies and Mr. Sulu. I guess that dates us. It's timely however. The PBS American Asians series (http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5445) covered the same ground with Lee but in less than 10 mins. My Shaolin brother Matt Polly, who is now the Bruce expert after his biography, gave me a ton of backstory about the production, stuff I couldn't use. It became the Shannon Lee show, which I understand. It's impossible to access the estate without Shannon, and her dad died when she was only 4, so how much did she really know him? I've met her several times and even interviewed her, and you have to play to her in a certain way to get 'authorized'.
The timing of the doc was good. I wish they had gone into the Hong Kong protests more than just that nod in the credits. That's a great part of the Be Water phenomenon, a missed opportunity, but perhaps he was too deep in post prod to include that more successfully.
At the very least, I'm grateful that it opened a door for me to Den of Geek. They're having me pitch a few stories later this week. Wish me luck.
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