>>85327503>for most people in the west only understand english, asia=japanThat's not it, Wushu movies (and general Chinese martial arts movies) was immensely popular in the 80s and 90s (coming from a high during and after Bruce Lee's death in the 70s) and many of those had a historical subtext with Wong Fei Hung movies becoming a staple even in the west.
It dies in the early 2000s because, if Rush Hour made "black cop yellow martial artist" very successful, the whole attempt to blend Hip Hop culture with Kung Fu ABSOLUTELY CLOBBERED THE GENRE because of the level of HAM AND IDIOCY those plots were, culminating with the WORST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE ever
>Cradle 2 the Graveone that I went to the theather to watch and left midway because HOW THE FUCK YOU FUCK UP A MARC DACASCOS vs. JET LI MOVIE
>FUCKING NIGGERS!