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Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 04-15-2018
I usually don’t post about books I read for work because that would be as boring as tQ’s romances I imagine but I just finished the galley of my dear friend Matt’s new book - the first comprehensive biography on Lee. There was a lot I knew but a lot that I never knew - excellent read. Highly recommended. It comes out this June.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Greg - 04-16-2018
As a matter of fact, I would like an ARC.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 04-16-2018
You know, I could've got you a galley IF you reviewed books for any major media source aside from KFTC because obviously I have that covered.
I did arrange for galleys to be sent to Philip Ng (just another star in my celebrity circle) and a friend who writes for Vibe.
But no. You're too busy STRO-kin off.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Greg - 04-16-2018
I've never liked you.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 04-16-2018
u so jelly
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RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Greg - 04-16-2018
Did I stutter?
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 04-16-2018
Sorry did you say sputter?
Splatter?
You know what? I don’t want to know.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 04-16-2018
Get a room!
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 04-18-2018
As a favor to Matt, I’m running a feature article in the next issue and hooked him up with Philip Ng, my HK actor friend who played Bruce in Birth of the Dragon. Phil graciously gave Matt a review blurb.
Today I got a thank you gift from Matt. A bottle of Green Spot. That is true Shaolin brotherhood.
(04-16-2018, 11:26 PM)Dr. Ivor Yeti Wrote: Get a room!
(04-16-2018, 02:01 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: u so jelly
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 06-30-2018
(06-29-2018, 11:00 PM)Dr. Ivor Yeti Wrote: I gave Dean Polly’s book and he started it already. He was pretty thrilled. He is such a BL fan boy that he still has his scrapbooks about BL that he made when he was a kid.
I remember Dean bitchin when Schifrin poached his JKD provost thesis. It was a silly thesis premise because Bruce’s thoughts on Castello were immature. Not as developed as Musashi.
A fencing vs. jian article is in he KFTC future featuring the Hee sisters. Thanks for the assist on that, Maestro!
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 06-30-2018
The *Cho* sisters. Carol Hee is merely the mother...! Why do the Chinese kids take the dad’s family name, but not the mom’s? Why doesn't the mom take the dad’s family name?
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 06-30-2018
That explains a lot - like why Samantha wasn’t coming up on searches.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-02-2018
Sabrina and Gracie Cho. Nice kids.
My Lyft driver today is a BL fanatic. Tiny BL hanging from his rearview mirror. Long talk about BL during the ride and he was pumped to hear about Polly’s new book.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Greg - 08-15-2018
Read it.
Yep, lots of information. It all seemed very familiar. That Wong Jack Man fight seemed like a whole lot of nothing.
My main takeaway is that Bruce Lee was a jerk.
RE: Bruce Lee - a Life by Matthew Polly - Drunk Monk - 08-15-2018
BL v WJM is still hotly debated - drives me feckin nuts. Who cares at this point? Turns out most of my readers do.
All martial artists are jerks on some level. Jerks or survivors. Why else would we put ourselves through the torment we do? It's all about burning off samsara. And often the survivors, having survived our challenges, makes us jerkier.
