the 20th century was not a good one for the Chinese. After dominating much of the past two millennium in science and philosophy, they have spent the past 100 years being invaded and lectured by the west.
But in 1959 a short, skinny 18 -years-old traveled from Hong Kong to America and declared himself to be john wayne. In an america where the chinese were still stereotyped as house servants and railroad workers, Bruce lee was a hero figure. He became obsessed with martial arts and body building and not much else. lee landed his first U.S. show-biz role in the green hornet,a 1966-7 TV superhero drama.
Despite his readiness to embrace American culture, lee could not get Hollywood to embrace him, so he returned to Hong Kong to make films. in them, lee chose to represent the little guy who would fight for the Chinese against the invading Japanese or the small-town