Word: shaolin
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...called a pilgrimage to China. After being forced from Tiananmen Square for displaying a self-promoting billboard, Diggs took to the hills. To be specific, he ascended Wu-Tang Mountain, where according to legend (his), he was received by kung fu masters at several monasteries. As Diggs exited a Shaolin temple, he says, a crowd of several hundred children awaited him. He proceeded to communicate the only way he knew--by rapping. "They didn't speak English, but I blew their minds and they all came asking for autographs and pictures," says Diggs, who, under the pseudonym...
...called a pilgrimage to China. After being forced from Tiananmen Square for displaying a self-promotional billboard, Diggs took to the hills. To be specific, he ascended Wu-Tang Mountain, where according to legend - his - he was received by kung fu masters at several monasteries. As Diggs exited a Shaolin temple, he says, a crowd of several hundred children awaited him. He proceeded to communicate the only way he knew: by rapping. "They didn't speak English, but I blew their minds, and they all came asking for autographs and pictures," says Diggs, who, under the pseudonym...
...Shaolin is your name for Staten Island. What's Wu for New Jersey...
...makes it in the U.S., it will be the third movie industry he has conquered. On the mainland, he created such a sensation as the teenage star of the Shaolin Temple films that thousands of admirers made pilgrimages to his home. In Hong Kong, starting with the hit series Once Upon a Time in China, Li proved himself a compelling opposite to Jackie Chan. His persona mixes gravity with grace; he is both morally grounded and Jet propelled...
...repose is a cool star; Li in action is a hot one. In The New Legend of Shaolin, he fights off a dozen attackers with his infant son strapped to his back. His martial poses have classic beauty and power. His spin-kicks flout all laws of physics; there's nothing like Jet Li in a foot fight. His best Hong Kong movies (such as Fong Sai Yuk and My Father Is Hero) offer buoyant, daredevil action comedy of the kind no other national cinema even tries to touch...