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...09—began with acts strongly rooted in tradition, such as Irish music and dance troupe Ceolta Gael, but these pieces soon gave way to more free-flowing performances like the popping and locking motions of the battling Harvard Breakers breakdancing group. From the “Kung Fu Hustle”-style performance of the Harvard Wushu Club as they displayed martial arts skills to the billowing skirts of dancers in Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán, all the acts displayed an abundance of cultural diversity. One of the highlights of the afternoon was the Filipino...
...Some of the robots exist simply to amuse. Montreal's WowWee Ltd., for example, used technology that trickled down from the military and NASA to create Robosapien, a cartoonish humanoid with cutting-edge capabilities. Standing around 61 cm tall, he can perform 80 functions, including disco dancing, kicking and kung...
...KUNG FU MEETS SACRE BLEU...
...Flavor Flav actually recites several lines from “Scarface” verbatim. The Wu-Tang Clan, while arguably the most cinematic rap crew ever to rock a mic, drew most of their influence not from Hollywood, but from Hong Kong. The group grew up on cheap kung-fu double features, bringing a martial lyrical ethic (and a bevy of dialogue samples) back to their headquarters in the legendary temple of “Shaolin” (Staten Island). As the film world became such a source of inspiration for hip-hop masters, it was only a matter...
...professor will teach you all there is to know about FC 67, “Popular Culture in Modern China,” from cheesy puns (ever thought about love songs as “decadence through de-cadence”?) to cheesy flicks (try analyzing “Kung-Fu Hustle” in a classroom).There’s something for everyone: sentimentalists can wallow in the perennially doe-eyed expressions of actresses whose roles were so depressing they committed suicide; action fans can get a hai(-ya!) from Jet Li’s fighting antics; and brooding...