The Roman Colosseum was about to be the scene of the clash between two invincible fighters, a historic duel.
However, it was not Vero and Prisco, the mythical Roman gladiators who, after hours of struggle, lowered their swords in sign of mutual respect.
It was 1972, and “the fight of the century” was a scene from The Way of the Dragon, featuring none other than Bruce Lee, master of Jeet Kune Do, and the indefatigable Chuck Norris, seven-time world karate champion.
It has not aged well, but I adore this film and this scene in particular.
A cat contemplates the fight from above.
On this occasion, Chuck Norris came off badly: his character, Colt, had been hired by the Mafia to face Tang Lung. But his Cherokee ancestors—Chuck Norris is said to have Cherokee ancestry, as are Johnny Depp and Elvis Presley—had won at least one battle: Echoe, in 1760, against a British and colonial column.
It is very interesting to read the story of the Cherokee throughout the southeast of the United States. I highly recommend it.
I take this opportunity to support the Sioux struggle at Standing Rock and Trump's abuse of the pipeline.
As we said, although much less than would have been normal, there are many people with Cherokee ascendants — Native Americans in general.
And since we are talking about Cherokee ancestry, we arrive at Ann Miller: singer, dancer and actress, also of Cherokee descent.
Ann Miller is one of the stars of the film Carolina Blues (1944), another of those Hollywood films in which the cast of artists is a barbarity. Today it would be unthinkable something like this: the Nicholas Brothers, Marie Bryant, the Four Step Brothers, June Richmond and many others.
Live, play, dance... but above all don't get bored.See you at Spirit if you want.