'Warrior' brings Bruce Lee lore to Cinemax in a triumphant series premiere
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Cinemax's new series Warrior is a victory in nearly every sense of the word. Not only is it great TV, it also rights a wrong that has lingered over the legacy of cultural icon Bruce Lee for nearly half a century.
In the wake of 2018 representation successes like Crazy Rich Asians and Killing Eve, it's frustrating to imagine the legendary Bruce Lee being rejected from studios on the basis of race. But in the early 1970s, that's exactly what was happening.
According to those close to Lee at the time, the master creator and philosopher, arguably at the height of his career, approached studio after studio with a treatment for a television series he had tentatively titled "Ah Sahm." It told the story of a heroically skilled Chinese immigrant, written to be played by Lee, battling his way through the late 19th-century San Francisco Tong Wars. Read more...
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