Word: legendizing
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...really have to be in the right mood to watch Jackie Chan movies. Legend of Drunken Master, Chan's newest American release (though it was released in Hong Kong and Asia in 1994 and was shelved for six years before being revamped for American audiences) is definitely sobering. It's a funny movie, but only in the way that funny, badly dubbed Asian kung-fu movies with stupid appeal...
Jackie Chan is considered cool, and despite the fact that Legend of Drunken Master has long been a favorite among his Asian fans and won Best Action Choreography (Chia-Liang Liu) at the 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, it's a difficult film to digest if you're in a semi-serious or just a typical mood. It's very difficult not to appreciate the humor of a line (and I am serious that this line was in the movie) that goes, "Fei-Hung, don't be ashamed. When we were little kids, we used to go naked...
...Holtz's legend for turning losing programs into Bowl teams is safe in South Carolina...
...later hooking up with Harrison and then Starr; the early days of the band in Hamburg, Germany; and the making of each one of their albums. There are some interesting tidbits and stories along the way. Lennon (his quotations are drawn from various published and unpublished sources) says the legend of his rough background is untrue: he was "brought up to be a nice lower-middle-class English boy." Bob Dylan shows up quite a bit--his music, according to the Beatles, was an inspiration to their own work. He also turned them on to marijuana...
Furtado's CD is a rich source of innovative rhythms and original musical ideas. One of the best songs,...On the Radio, is a hip-hoppy declaration of independence in which Furtado dedicates herself not just to climbing the charts but also to charting her own course. Another song, Legend, boasts a bossa nova beat as fresh as a cool breeze on a warm beach, and I'm Like a Bird, the album's first single, is love-at-first-listen, smartly crafted pop. Whoa, Nelly! is one of the season's best and brightest debuts...