That Was Not My Fault Kung Fu Panda
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From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda
Author: Naomi Greene
language: en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date: 2014-03-31
Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith’s silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China’s changing role in the American imagination. Taking viewers into zones that frequently resist logical expression or more orthodox historical investigation, the films suggest the welter of intense and conflicting impulses that have surrounded China. They make clear that China has often served as the very embodiment of “otherness”—a kind of yardstick or cloudy mirror of America itself. It is a mirror that reflects not only how Americans see the racial “other” but also a larger landscape of racial, sexual, and political perceptions that touch on the ways in which the nation envisions itself and its role in the world. In the United States, the exceptional emotional charge that imbues images of China has tended to swing violently from positive to negative and back again: China has been loved and—as is generally the case today—feared. Using film to trace these dramatic fluctuations, author Naomi Greene relates them to the larger arc of historical and political change. Suggesting that filmic images both reflect and fuel broader social and cultural impulses, she argues that they reveal a constant tension or dialectic between the “self” and the “other.” Significantly, with the important exception of films made by Chinese or Chinese American directors, the Chinese other is almost invariably portrayed in terms of the American self. Placed in a broader context, this ethnocentrism is related both to an ever-present sense of American exceptionalism and to a Manichean world view that perceives other countries as friends or enemies. Greene analyzes a series of influential films, including classics like Shanghai Express (1932), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), The Good Earth (1936), and Shanghai Gesture (1941); important cold war films such as The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and The Sand Pebbles (1966); and a range of contemporary films, including Chan is Missing (1982), The Wedding Banquet (1993), Kundun (1997), Mulan (1998), and Shanghai Noon (2000). Her consideration makes clear that while many stereotypes and racist images of the past have been largely banished from the screen, the political, cultural, and social impulses they embodied are still alive and well.
Mystery Of The Kung-Fu Panda : The KOOL-5 Mystery Series
Author: SONU DABRAL
language: en
Publisher: One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd
Release Date: 2013-07-25
The Kool-5 mystery hunters are a bunch of five spunky youngsters ? Maya, Munch, Jinx, Nano and Dodo, who live in an urban residential complex. The adventure seekers love to ïchillax' and play pranks on ïThe Gabbar', the security guard. They also hold secret meetings in their Headquarters ? an old, abandoned garage ? where they coin Kool new words tank up from the car pantry and brainstorm over baffling and sometimes dangerous mysteriesƒ Mystery beckons the K-5 when a cute Panda stuffed toy is mysteriously found inside Jinx's backpack one morning at Central Park. A masked hoodlum threatens her with dire consequences unless she gives it back. And then there is the little girl Ria, who has a Kung Fu Panda exactly like the one with Jinx. To everyone's horror, Ria's kid brother has been kidnapped and there has been an attempted robbery at her house! What is the connection between the harmless toy and these crimes? The K-5 struggle for an answer to the puzzle as they find themselves in the midst of the Mystery Of The Kung Fu Panda.
Spices in Life
In the heart of the garden city lives Aarush Mehra – a charismatic martial artist, whose supremacy would never be challenged. The courtship with Anamika adds special flavours to his perfect life. Just when Aarush's fits beautifully in this coat of success, an ally strikes by stabbing him without a warning. Amidst all these struggles, will Aarush’s good-heartedness thrive? Will this young man, who has taken several beatings while training, can take the cruel beating that life gives him? Spices in Life narrates the spiciest moments of Aarush’s life, and how he makes the best taste of it.