Bruce Hype

[Droog]

First off let me tell you that anyone that was not between the ages of 8 to 40 when Bruce Lee was alive during the time of the Green Hornet and up until Enter The Dragon will never truely apprecitate him.

It is like all the new Beatles fans or Hendrix fans who never experienced actual Beatlemania or Woodstock, It is not so much about the actual man himself as much as the impact he left on culture during that unique time period...
Why was there so much hype about Bruce during the 60's-70's?
Bruce was a little guy that was seen beating the crap out of the big bully guy...the underdog for all us guys that were not on the football team or getting sand kicked in our faces at the beach.

Bruce's character broke down cultural barriers on prime TV every one thought Kato was cooler then the Green Hornet himself. Imagine white kids in the school yard wanting to pretend to be a chinese guy. This in itself was a big thing during the mid sixties. Ethnic slurs were common place even in school yards.

As the martial arts were becoming commercialized with chains of schools, Bruce stood against commercialization of the arts. With the success of the Green Hornet he could have cashed in bigtime.

He was an impressive martial artist during that time exposing concepts and techniques that were unkown for the most part.

I think there is alot of very real cultural accomplishments to appreciate from Bruce Lee. He happened to be at the right place at the right time.

Yet I suppose some may see this as hero 'worship', oh well I guess you had to be there in technicolor

Droog,
an old fart

[lssanjose]

I guess it stems from what does one mean by worship? Clearly no one has given definitive explanation for their respective definition worship . once we can get that out of the way. I guess we could explain things better.

when i speak of worship, i speak of the extreme religious sense. Having been raised catholic, I 've been through catholic masses, the rituals, the prayers, and the prayers that take place outside of mass.

Now according my view of the meaning of worship, I don't do any of that regarding Bruce. I respect the fact that he set paces for the kung fu genre of movie making. I respect the fact that he spent the time researching and developing, and also refining his martial art. I respect the fact that he is an inspiration to me and many others. But will i pray to him night and day? no.

- willing is not enough, one must do.

now this is only quote to guide. not to worship

[Thai Bri]

My problem also is that people will not have a word againbst him 9or even a word that does not totally prasie him) even 30 years after his death. And theye totally exaggerate his abilities and acheivements. Now that isn't healthy.