Changed my opinion of the original Green Hornet actor, Van Williams

I did not see that 1940 Green Hornet production.

Of Bruce Lee I should have written that he was born 20 years too early. Had Bruce Lee been around in 1993 at age 32 instead of 1973 at age 32, Hollywood would have no doubt taken full opportunity of this hugely popular Asian-American martial arts film superstar. Money talks and bs walks.

The full tragedy is that Bruce Lee died when he did. At the time Bruce Lee stood POISED to break the barrier to becoming the first Asian mega film superstar in the USA and the world. Just like the late James Dean, everyone saw how Bruce Lee's fame continued to climb even after death.

Bruce Lee's death proved a fatal setback for Asian actors that still hasn't been surmounted, 37 long years later. No other Asian film actor has stood so far ahead at the threshhold of fame that Bruce Lee was about to achieve. And no, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Chow Yun Fat do not qualify. These men did not achieve the stardom, fan base, loyalty, devotion, as Bruce Lee did. For one thing, before his movie career, Bruce Lee had already built up a reputation for martial arts skill, connections in Hollywood as a stuntman, martial arts trainer for several notable Caucasian actors, and Lee would go on to create a new, modernized empty hand fighting system, Jeet Kune Do.

I'm pleased to see that even after 37 long years later, Bruce Lee's memory still lives.

I should have wrote, "Born 20 years too early". Hollywood woke to up to the big $$$$ that could be made from ANY blockbuster actor, no matter what skin color. Money talks and bs walks.

Had Bruce Lee been around in 1993 at age 32 instead of 1973 at age 32, Hollywood would have eagerly embraced this huge, money-making Asian martial arts superstar.

The tragedy is that Bruce Lee died when he did. At the time of his death, Bruce Lee stood POISED to break the barrier to the first Asian movie superstar, in the U.S. and international film markets. Just like the late James Dean, everyone saw how huge Lee's fame continued to roll even after his death.

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