Talk:Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Rusted AutoParts 23:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Will take this one on. Give me a bit to look over the page. Rusted AutoParts 23:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Lead

• Looks solid. There is an errant n in this sentence: "Dragon was filmed primarily in n Hong Kong, Los Angeles and San Francisco."
• "It also focuses on the relationship between Bruce and his wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, and the racism Bruce was subjected to, typical of behaviour towards Asian in the U.S. at the time." Asian should have an s at the end or be rewritten as "Asian people".
• As Nancy Kwan is in the billing block and the infobox, she should be listed with the other names in the lead section.

Plot

• Plot is under 700 words as per WP:FILMPLOT, so that's good.
• "In a nightmare, Bruce Lee's father sees a terrifying phantom, known as the Demon, haunting a young Bruce Lee" I feel the second use of Bruce Lee should either become just Bruce, or be rephrased to son.
• "Bruce is a U.S. citizen as he was born in San Francisco, California, when his father was a performer touring there." feels a little unnecessary in my opinion. His being born in San Francisco is not prudent to the plot.
• "until a violent brawl with four of the cooks" -> either "until getting into a violent brawl with four of the cooks" or merge the next sentence with it to "until a violent brawl with four of the cooks results in his firing". If the latter, restructure the line about the owner loaning him money as a separate sentence.
• "While studying philosophy in college, he begins to teach martial arts classes, where he meets Linda. They marry in defiance of Linda's racist mother" -> "While studying philosophy in college, he begins to teach martial arts classes, where he meets Linda, marrying her in defiance of Linda's racist mother".
• "an embittered Sun" -> "a (resentful, spiteful) Sun".
• "Bruce defeats Johnny Sun in a secretive, no-holds-barred honor match, but an embittered Sun attacks Bruce after he has already admitted defeat. Sun's cowardly attack results in a debilitating back injury for Lee" -> "Bruce defeats Johnny Sun in a secretive, no-holds-barred honor match, but a (resentful, spiteful) Sun attacks Bruce after he has already admitted defeat, resulting in a debilitating back injury for Lee".
• "During this period Linda gives birth to their first child, Brandon, which helps to assuage a reconciliation with Linda's mother". The "during this period" feels unnecessary, the sentence "While he is temporarily paralyzed" surmises that she gives birth during this time well enough.
• "which helps to assuage a reconciliation with Linda's mother" -> "which leads to a reconciliation with Linda's mother".
• "Bruce is approached by manager Bill Krieger, who offers him the role of Kato in the television series The Green Hornet. Bruce and Krieger work together and create the idea for the Kung Fu television series" -> "Bruce is approached by manager Bill Krieger, who offers him the role of Kato in the television series The Green Hornet. The pair also work together to create the idea for the Kung Fu television series".

Cast

• Delink Johnny Cheung.

Production

• In Casting, put The Waltons into italics.
• Include Van Williams, Shannon Lee and Rob Cohen in the Cast section.
• Link Hong Kong, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Release

• Looks good to me.

Historical accuracy

• "In the film Bruce travels to the U.S. in steerage, though Cohen acknowledges that was inaccurate and was used to show the appalling conditions that most Chinese people endured in emigrating at the time" -> "In the film Bruce travels to the U.S. in steerage, though Cohen acknowledges that this was inaccurate and was used to show the appalling conditions that most Chinese people endured in emigrating at the time".

References

• Ensure any sources that can be archived are.

Miscellaneous

• Some pictures would be nice. Perhaps in filming an image of University of Washington, and include in the description that due to their rejection of the production's request to film there, events of Lee's life had to be merged in the film. An image of Jason Scott Lee in Critical reception could work too.

That should be all of the issues I have. I'll look through again in a week's time. Until then work on these. Rusted AutoParts 23:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@Rusted AutoParts: thanks so much for your speedy review. I was up all night working on this before I nominated it, and was planning on proof-reading it in the morning with a fresh set of eyes as I wasn't expecting it to get a review for weeks if not months, so sorry of there were more typos than you're used to haha. I think I've addressed everything now. No rush, but have another look when you get a chance. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:43, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

And that is a pass. I think Nancy Kwan should come before Robert Wagner in the lead section to align with the billing order in the billing block but that’s a very quick fix and shouldn’t block the pass. Very good work. Rusted AutoParts 18:25, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Fixed the order. Thanks again for your review. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 00:21, 10 June 2020 (UTC)