What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.

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Art mentioned:

• Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — Video
• The Children’s Paradise — Comic Book
• #2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS Episode
• My Son-A-Chang — Film
• An Orphan’s Tragedy — Film
• Sins of the Father — Film
• In the Face of Demolition — Film
• The Guiding Light — Film
• #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Episode
• The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — Book
• The Mind, Explored — Newsletter
• The Orphan — Film
• 1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — Essay
• Batman — TV Series
• The Green Hornet — TV Series
• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood — Movie
• Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — Book
• Longstreet — TV Series
• Bruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — Video
• The Big Boss — Film
• Fist of Fury — Film
• The Way of The Dragon — Film
• Game of Death — Film
• Enter the Dragon — Film

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Chapters

00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Found by Hollywood

00:01:41 Bruce Lee as an ICON

00:05:33 The Many Names of Bruce Lee (The Child Star)

00:18:28 Bad School Kid (Fighting)

00:25:14 Martial Arts - Wing Chun

00:38:52 Moving to the US and Cha-Cha

00:48:41 America & Teaching Wing Chun

01:02:52 What Robin was to Batman

01:13:59 Jeet Kune Do

01:21:44 Longstreet

01:29:09 The Hong Kong Films

01:41:38 Hollywood’s New Man: Enter the Dragon

01:49:54 The Passing

01:54:11 The Icon (Bruce Lee's Legacy)