How does a Chinese not know who Bruce Lee is?

[jtvang125]

A few of the guys in my dept went out to lunch and got to talking about boxing and mma. Someone brought up Mike Tyson vs Bruce Lee so we ask the new guy in the dept what he thought. We all thought he was sh!ttin us that he doesn't know who BL is but evidently he really doesn't. But he knows who Tyson is. WTF?

 

[Kadarin]

Well, it's understandable if the guy is young. Bruce Lee was a long time ago.

Then again, the sheer awesomeness of Bruce Lee should transcend both time and space; he is after all the only guy known to have taken out Chuck Norris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZNvK3fTlM

 

[uhohs]

Well, it's understandable if the guy is young. Bruce Lee was a long time ago.

Then again, the sheer awesomeness of Bruce Lee should transcend both time and space; he is after all the only guy known to have taken out Chuck Norris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZNvK3fTlM

thrown fight obviously. chuck was probably paid off. :hmm:

 

[inf1nity]

well some of my friends don't know who gandhi was..

 

[PowerYoga]

why would the younger generation know? He's not like a national hero or historical figure for chinese people, he's just a famous martial artist/movie star for the years he was in. In 30 years nobody will know why we made all these chuck norris jokes either.

 

[Nintendesert]

Was Bruce Lee even a Chinese star? I thought he was more an American/Hong Kong star.

 

[dr150]

You know how many Lees reside in China? There were probably 50 Lees in his high school class alone.

How's he supposed to know about one of these dudes.

 

[PowerYoga]

Was Bruce Lee even a Chinese star? I thought he was more an American/Hong Kong star.

He's pretty famous in his generation and for sure had a big following in asia in general. He's a pop culture icon, but like all things pop culture, people in the next generation tend to not know about them.

 

[Theb]

Being "a Chinese" doesn't make someone an expert in all things Asian.

 

[Tormac]

A thing to consider is that "Bruce Lee" is just his western name, not his given name or the one he was billed in in the East. His real screen name is "Li Xiaolong" aka Little dragon". I think he was born in the year of the dragon, and it is a good nickname for a martial artist.

Your Chinese coworker may not know him by his western name.

 

[HN]

How are his math skills?

 

[alkemyst]

Most white people can't name off all the presidents.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Most white people can't name off all the presidents.

Most Americans in general can't name half of the presidents.