Word: martialled
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...many short, overweight, non-English-speaking Chinese martial-arts experts have ever become stars of American television? While no definitive answer is possible, of course, an exhaustive study of the available data suggests that the number is zero. With the arrival of Sammo Hung, however, that figure is about to change. Hung stars in Martial Law, a new CBS drama that airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. E.T. Despite the lack of precedent, the series has won good ratings, and Hung has shown himself to be as appealing as any of TV's other leading men. To keep up with...
...Martial Law concerns Sammo Law, a detective from Shanghai, played by Hung, who has been assigned to the Los Angeles police department. In many ways it is an old-fashioned cop show, with crude plots and characterizations--but this actually makes it a pleasure to watch since it provides a B-movie charge and doesn't require the viewer to care about anyone's alcoholism or love life. What makes Martial Law distinct though is its intricate, speed-of-light action sequences and its humor, and these both derive from the talents of Hung, who has been a star...
...year ago, Hung would never have imagined that he would be appearing in prime time. Last March Terry Botwick, a programming executive at CBS, learned that veteran Hong Kong action director Stanley Tong was interested in developing a martial-arts show for American TV. That's something Botwick had wanted to do for a long time, and he and Tong proposed such a series to Leslie Moonves, the head of CBS Television. CBS has a new strategy of trying to appeal to young men, and Moonves liked the idea. He ordered up a pilot, collapsing the development process, which usually...
Hung, 46, has starred in or directed more than 140 films, many with Chan, whom he met as a child when they attended the Beijing Opera School in Hong Kong. There they learned acting, tumbling and martial arts. Hung was older and would bully Chan, and even now, according to Chan, Hung treats him overbearingly. "He is like a Hitler," Chan says. That sentiment notwithstanding, the two are good friends. "We are very close," says Hung jokingly. "I used to beat him up every...
...that Tara MacDonald, though a student at the Harvard School of Education, doesn't want to go into teaching. After all, even Detroit's legendary headmaster Joe Clark never won a round from Dallas, the American Gladiator. As the 6 foot, 150 1b, U.S. National Champion in the Chinese martial art Sanshou, Tara would be particularly suited to keeping even the most rowdy students in line...