Television

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  03/28/2017

  Netflix’s Iron Fist and the Failed Expectations of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

  So I’m finally getting around to Iron Fist (I’m only 6 episodes in at the time of this writing) and I think I’ve come to certain realizations. Episode 6, in particular, helped crystallize a lot of the thoughts that were bubbling and percolating in my head throughout the first five episodes. Let’s start with the…

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  11/19/2015

  Into the Badlands: Where a Chinese Man is Finally Free to Be Just Another Man

  AMC’s new show Into the Badlands premiered this past Sunday and man, what an opening! I’ve written before about how I’ve seen the Chinese martial arts cinema aesthetics travel to Hollywood, particularly through the success of The Matrix, and it’s very exciting to see it coming to the small screen too! I’ve also written about Inseparable,…