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Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury, the Death Touch, Murder Suspect #1, and Hollywood’s Ultimate Outsider

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Bruce Lee got into so much trouble as a kid in Hong Kong that his parents banished him to the place of his birth: America. There he found all kinds of new trouble to get into. He upset kung fu traditionalists with his revolutionary style of fighting. He challenged long-held perceptions in racist Hollywood. He was an outsider determined to change the system the hard way – but did bringing about change cost Bruce Lee his life?

Sources

Bruce Lee: A Life, by Matthew Polly

The Tao of Bruce Lee: A Martial Arts Memoir, by Davis Miller

18 Things You Didn’t Know About Bruce Lee (Thrillist)

Three Portraits of Bruce Lee (The Ringer)

Enter the Dragon: 25th Anniversary Edition, dir Robert Clouse

The Grandmaster, dir. Wong Kar Wai

Bruce Lee’s Toughest Fight (EBM Kung Fu Academy)

Rehashing the Life of Bruce Lee (Potent)

Casting White People in Asian Roles Goes Back Centuries (History.com)

Credits

Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Zeth Lundy.

Copy edited by Pat Healy.

Scored and mixed by Colin Fleming.

Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak