Word: shaolin
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...credulity; surely real people were incapable of these athletic graces. (But they were, because of the severe training the actors had undergone since childhood.) KFP has fun with the conventions of these old films, but it honors the ethic and dedication behind them; it's true to the Shaolin spirit...
...Sensei,” about 60 years ago. O Sensei was a martial-arts prodigy. Kung Fu: Before any sort of martial arts, humans fought, but it was disorganized. Kung Fu was really the first martial art in the world—it orignated at the Shaolin Temple in China. FM: Ever have to “wax-on, wax-off” when you aren’t cleaning a car? Basically, have you ever applied your martial art in the real world? Aikido: Luckily, I’ve never had to. Karate: No. Kung Fu: I haven?...
...working with the Weinsteins, however. The brothers intend, as they always have, to bring what they describe as "Western sensibility" and "Western storytelling techniques" to their productions - but in so doing, critics say, they sometimes homogenize what should be distinctively Asian work. Miramax bought the 2001 Stephen Chow movie Shaolin Soccer - then the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong's history - only to recut, dub and delay the new version's release for almost two years. When it finally emerged, many fans of the original thought it ham-fisted. In the Jackie Chan pic Armour of God, the brothers excised...
...Weinstein habit of retelling of Asian stories through what they call "Western storytelling techniques" has seen backlash. TWC bought Shaolin Soccer - the highest grossing film in China's history - only to recut, dub, and delay its release. Fans of the original raged online. Chen Kaige's The Promise wasn't even that lucky. The Weinsteins ordered months of re-cutting, only to drop it completely and hand back the rights. "If you do this and that for different audiences," warns Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, "you lose the whole raison d'etre of your cultural mark. There's a certain...
...sweep through the U.S. The exchanges are also taking place with avant-garde productions. Taipei drumming troupe U-Theatre recently wrapped an islandwide tour of A Touch of Zen, a show about the spiritual travails of a martial artist that features kung fu masters from China's famed Shaolin Temple...