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Re: If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", ....

In Reply to: If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... posted by Audiophilander on January 31, 2002 at 10:44:43:

Auph,
I reread your review of "Kiss of the Dragon" and your followup to my post and I now realize that you might have thought the Columbus audience's heckling was racially/culturally motivated. On the contrary, the audience was rooting (loudly) for Jet Li during all his fights. I am of Japanese ancestry myself, and am fairly sensitive to ethnic slurs against Asians. I am pretty sure that the hecklers' comments were strictly a reaction to the audience recognition of seeing 'Uncle Tai' being portrayed by Burt Kwouk, an actor most famous for portraying "Cato" in six Pink Panther movies. I am rather surprised that this didn't come up in the DVD supplement or in the film's reviews.
A few parallels to "La Femme Nikita": director Luc Besson cowrote "Kiss of the Dragon" and Tcheky Karyo ('Uncle Bob') played the corrupt police chief in "Kiss." Finally, Bridget Fonda starred as 'Nikita' in the inferior American remake of "La Femme Nikita": "Point Of No Return."
Last, I'd like to recommend any of the Mad Max trilogy as excellent action films (watched the "Mad Max" DVD last night).

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If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... - Audiophilander 10:44:43 01/31/02 (2)

Re: If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... - TAFKA Steve 16:15:39 01/31/02 (1)

Actually, I think we both were off the track; me especially. - Audiophilander 23:33:45 01/31/02 (0)

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Re: If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... - TAFKA Steve 16:15:39 01/31/02 (1)

Actually, I think we both were off the track; me especially. - Audiophilander 23:33:45 01/31/02 (0)

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