Battles of the stars: Bruce Lee vs. Jackie Chan
Battles of the stars: Bruce Lee vs. Jackie Chan
English 111 Professor DeJesus June 15, 2013
OUTLINE
I. Thesis Statement: America’s movie relationship with martial arts has been a rocky one since the late twentieth century, but in recent years, Hollywood has seen a renewed interest among American audiences in Kung Fu cinema, which was pioneered by Bruce Lee and transformed by Jackie Chan.
II. Bruce Lee A. Martial Arts Background B. Types of Techniques C. Audience Appeal
III. Jackie Chan A. Martial Arts Background B. Types of Techniques C. Audience Appeal
IV. Conclusion
Battles of the stars: Bruce Lee vs. Jackie Chan
America’s movie relationship with martial arts has been a rocky one since the late twentieth century. In recent years, Hollywood has seen a renewed interest among American audiences in Kung Fu cinema, which was pioneered by Bruce Lee and transformed by Jackie Chan. Although Bruce Lee died in 1973, he is most argued by martial arts enthusiasts as a better martial artist than Jackie Chan. For the purpose of this paper, I will compare and contrast the martial arts of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, fighting styles and movie audience appeal. Bruce Lee was born Lee, Jun-Fan on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California and was raised in Kowloon, an urban area of Hong Kong with his family until his late teens.
A child star in dozens of Hong Kong films, he catapulted to fame in Asia thanks to his role as Kato in “The Green Hornet; the breaker of all box office records with, first, his Hong Kong martial arts films The Big Boss and Fists of Fury
English 111 Professor DeJesus June 15, 2013
OUTLINE
I. Thesis Statement: America’s movie relationship with martial arts has been a rocky one since the late twentieth century, but in recent years, Hollywood has seen a renewed interest among American audiences in Kung Fu cinema, which was pioneered by Bruce Lee and transformed by Jackie Chan.
II. Bruce Lee A. Martial Arts Background B. Types of Techniques C. Audience Appeal
III. Jackie Chan A. Martial Arts Background B. Types of Techniques C. Audience Appeal
IV. Conclusion
Battles of the stars: Bruce Lee vs. Jackie Chan
America’s movie relationship with martial arts has been a rocky one since the late twentieth century. In recent years, Hollywood has seen a renewed interest among American audiences in Kung Fu cinema, which was pioneered by Bruce Lee and transformed by Jackie Chan. Although Bruce Lee died in 1973, he is most argued by martial arts enthusiasts as a better martial artist than Jackie Chan. For the purpose of this paper, I will compare and contrast the martial arts of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, fighting styles and movie audience appeal. Bruce Lee was born Lee, Jun-Fan on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California and was raised in Kowloon, an urban area of Hong Kong with his family until his late teens.
A child star in dozens of Hong Kong films, he catapulted to fame in Asia thanks to his role as Kato in “The Green Hornet; the breaker of all box office records with, first, his Hong Kong martial arts films The Big Boss and Fists of Fury
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