"We're all in this alone." - Lily Tomlin
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"Ip Man... faces off against a Western boxer who makes fun of Chinese martial arts...
The sequel borrows the pro-Chinese themes laid down by Lee's Fist Of Fury (1972), just as the first Ip Man movie did in 2008.
The biggest change here is that the Japanese pugilistic expert in Fist Of Fury has been replaced with an English boxer...
The second half degenerates into an East-versus-West shouting match, culminating in a duel between Ip and British boxer the Twister, played by Darren Shalavi...
The Twister is a total caricature and every Caucasian with dialogue in the film is a one-dimensional stereotype, created to put down Chinese culture and martial arts in a hollow exercise to drum up emotion.
One wonders if there will be a third instalment for the franchise, and who Ip's opponent in the alternate universe set up by the first two films will be.
Will he take on a Russian wrestler, a Korean taekwando expert or, given his foolish ways with money, a hedonistic Chinese capitalist?"
This is in accord with the long and distinguished heritage of Chinese Kung Fu movies.
I wonder what reception this will get in the West.
When you can't live without bananas
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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