李小龍40周忌

Juliana Liu “Hong Kong celebrates Bruce Lee's life and legacy” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23371090

７月20日は李小龍（Bruce Lee)*1の40回目の命日。
上掲の記事から少し引用；

The struggling actor's first film as an adult, The Big Boss, was a surprise hit across Asia. Bruce Lee mania was born.

Jeff Yang, a Chinese-American author who has written extensively about Hong Kong cinema, believes Lee was a transformative figure for Chinese and Asian men in particular.

"He demonstrated to non-Asians that Asian men could be strong, charismatic and sexy. That they could own the screen and command box office dollars and the cultural spotlight," he said.

"And while it's taken decades longer for others to be given the same opportunity, there isn't an Asian or Asian American actor today who doesn't acknowledge the debt they have to Lee for opening people's minds to the potential of Asian men."

ここでコメントが引かれているJeff Yang氏*2は昨年の『ウォール･ストリート･ジャーナル』に”Why Bruce Lee Has More Kick Now Than Ever”というテクストを書いているな*3。

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*1:http://www.bruceleefoundation.com/ http://www.brucelee.com/ See also http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060501/1146508243 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060828/1156737920 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20080717/1216269972 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090201/1233467610 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090605/1244166398 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090722/1248235400 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100128/1264605744 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100918/1284796672 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20120613/1339594539 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20130702/1372726689 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20130715/1373849295

*2:See eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Yang

*3:http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/01/30/tao-jones-re-enter-the-dragon-why-bruce-lee-is-more-relevant-than-ever/