1. Asian American Race, Class, Gender, And Television Action: Vanishing Son And Martial Law
Perhaps more than any lingering interest in Asian martial arts, however, the fact that Western television screens were blasted by news coverage of the demonstrations in Tian'anmen Square in May and June of 1989 put China and the Chinese at the center of a year of dramatic political events worldwide. ... Rapid Fire takes up some of this imagery in its narrative about Jake Lo (Brandon Lee), who was in Tian'anmen with his father during the demonstrations, and who reluctantly gets embroiled in a gang war involving a Chinese drug smuggler who also happens to support the Democracy Movement...
- Word Count: 9463
- Approx Pages: 38
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate