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Topic: crouching tiger etc.
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Randy Stankey
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Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-20-2001 03:06 PM
You have to remember... The "Kung-Fu" movie is a very valid genre in the Asian culture. It would be right up there with the "Robin Hood" or "King Arthur" stories of Western culture.Consequently, there are some very strict "rules" about things like plot lines and character development.... Strength, honor and courage, for example. Other things like "reality" aren't so important. It all goes to the principle of "Suspension of Disbelief". For example, when you see Robin Hood shoot an arrow and it splits the bullseye, right down the shaft of another arrow you say to yourself, "Allright!!!". You don't stop to think that this is a physical impossibility. It's all about cultural differences. This movie is a "crossover" from the Asian culture. When Asian people go see a movie like this, they have the same attitudes toward it that you would have when you go see a "Robin Hood" movie. They WANT to see characters doing superhuman stunts, even if they KNOW that stuff like that could never happen in real life.
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