Trump goes Chuck Norris on China. More from The United Spot.
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Experiment gone wrong! What happens when you mix a college Marxist book and a flea? And you cook up the concoction for 6:66 minutes in your Microwave? Is this the recipe for a Socialist political failure? Find out in this episode of the Filthy Farm.
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KALANI KOKONUTS
Originally from Alaska, Kalani Kokonuts learned the art of burlesque at the world-famous Palomino Club in Las Vegas, and remains based out of the desert city, currently appearing at the Absinthe. She says her sister gave her the nickname Kalani Kokonuts, and she kept the moniker for lack of having anything better. She’s a consummate professional who creates highly original acts, backed by Taiko drummers or involving flashes of kung-fu fighting. Explaining her approach to the art, she says, “You must get the audience’s attention in less than five seconds. If I haven’t given you goose bumps or had your complete undivided attention, I have failed.”
Kalani at the Majestic in Dallas, Texas, 2011.
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A 2012 performance at Tease-O-Rama at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco.
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Her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kalani.kokonuts
Ah, the smell of victory! Watch as Liberals claw at the doors of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., expressing their anger over the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh as the new Justice. These people do not take defeat lightly, although you would think they would be getting used to it by now. They are being rolled back at every turn. Mark Dice has more.
They are kung fu fighting…or at least, practicing their kicks as these feminists take part in the Kavanaugh protests.
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In today’s “TRY NOT TO CRINGE” episode, Barbara4U2C goes through Anti-Kavanaugh protest signs. Grab a beer and enjoy the show.
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Styxhexenhammer666 says the Liberals are ripping themselves apart over Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Now only did their arch nemesis win appointment, but they lost ground with the voters just ahead of the election, leading another million or so to veer Republican.
Dick Morris says the Kavanaugh hearings showed the sheer genius of President Donald Trump. As the Liberals lined up against Kavanaugh, they revealed for all to see their most despicable traits. They would lie, they would cheat, they would do anything and everything to try to get their way. The American public recognized we were dealing with the equivalent of infants — just ahead of the November election.
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Steven Crowder takes a break from politics, and devotes his latest video to debunking the three top myths surrounding the film career of the late Bruce Lee. Yes, watch and you will see Bruce Lee: man, myth and legend…but mostly myth. More from Louder with Crowder.
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Today’s Trillion Dollar Movie, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow, helped transform an upstart 24-year-old actor into the world’s most recognized martial arts star. The performer: Jackie Chan. While the film Drunken Master was Chan’s first huge breakout hit, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow — shot immediately before Drunken Master in 1978 — gave Chan his first genuine opportunity to define his acting style and create the screen persona that his legions of fans would come to cherish.
Here, he begins to experiment with all of the signature elements of his style — the slapstick gags, the self-effacing humor, the exuberant fight scenes choreographed with pinpoint precision. The stuntwork is
perhaps more rudimentary than in Chan’s most eye-dropping features, but this role still puts him through his paces, involving plenty of agility and physical stretching as a performer.
He plays a naive, bullied janitor, Chien Fu, who serves as a sort of a human punching bag at a local martial arts academy. His life is miserable until he’s accepted as a protege by Pai, a crafty old master trained in the Snake Fist fighting style. Pai’s motives aren’t entirely altruistic. He’s one of the last of his breed, as a rival school, the Eagle Claw, has waged a protracted war against the Snake Fist fighters and nearly wiped out the entire society. Pai sees Chien Fu as perhaps the last hope to defend the Snake Fist clan and prevent its extinction.
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow not only established Chan as a rising star, but also burnished the reputation of first-time director Yuen Woo-Ping. On the basis of his work here and in Drunken Master, Woo-Ping enjoyed a long career as one of Hong Kong’s most successful action filmmakers, sought out by Hollywood to stage the fight scenes in The Matrix as well as Kill Bill. Enjoy, and do return again next Friday for another Trillion $ Movie.
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KALANI KOKONUTS
Originally from Alaska, Kalani Kokonuts learned the art of burlesque at the world-famous Palomino Club in Las Vegas, and remains based out of the desert city, currently appearing at the Absinthe. She says her sister gave her the nickname Kalani Kokonuts, and she kept the moniker for lack of having anything better. She’s a consummate professional who creates highly original acts, backed by Taiko drummers or involving flashes of kung-fu fighting. Explaining her approach to the art, she says, “You must get the audience’s attention in less than five seconds. If I haven’t given you goose bumps or had your complete undivided attention, I have failed.”
Kalani at the Majestic in Dallas, Texas, 2011.
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A 2012 performance at Tease-O-Rama at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco.
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Her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kalani.kokonuts
Princess Dragon Mom
Today’s Trillion $ Movie, Inframan, is a 1975 film from Hong Kong that can stake out three claims to fame — some of the wildest mutant monsters on the planet, ferocious kung-fu action and the vixenish villainess, Princess Dragon Mom, a power-mad dominatrix who cracks a mean whip and looks like a cross between a Valkyrie and a K-pop star with bleached-blonde hair.
The film doesn’t waste any time. Hong Kong is practically leveled within the first three minutes, as Princess Dragon Mom awakens from a 1,000-year sleep, causing her volcanic lair, Mount Devil, to erupt and transform before our eyes into a skull-capped peak. She quickly summons her minions — the Octopus Mutant, the Laser Horn Monster, the Giant Beetle Monster, the Driller Beast, the Emperor of Doom, the Iron-Fist Robots, the She-Demon and her hordes of Skull Warriors. They stand ready to back up her nefarious plans for world dominion, which she plainly announces:
“Greetings to you, Earthlings! I am Princess Dragon Mom. I have taken over this planet. Now I own the Earth and you will be my slaves for all eternity.”
Just a few of Inframan’s foes.
Not so fast, Dragon Mom. At Science Patrol headquarters, Professor Chang scratches his loose-fitting toupee as he ponders how to protect the planet from a fate worse than death. His answer: Subject his willing assistant Rayma to a near-lethal dose of radiation. As a result of this bionic process, Rayma will become InfraMan, a flying superhero with X-ray vision, who can withstand “the suffering of hell” and fight back with Thunder Ball Fists.
Inframan was made by the Shaw Brothers, who cranked out fast-punching, hard-kicking kung-fu movies by the dozens. Here, they not only add a cool, sci-fi veneer, but also many wonderful layers of campy silliness. You won’t soon forget the sight of the mutant monsters dancing inside the cave they call home. A Japanese superhero with his own TV show, Ultraman, inspired this Hong Kong knock-off, and both, in turn, served as forerunners for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Enjoy the fun, and do return next Friday for another Trillion $ Movie.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The full movie of INFRAMAN is no longer available on YouTube, except for paying customers. Since we can’t show you the full movie, we’ll present the trailer as well as one of the better scenes.).
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Today’s Trillion Dollar Movie, 7 Grandmasters, might not be the most groundbreaking martial arts movie, but it still stands as a spirited embodiment of Old School Kung Fu. Writer-producer-director Joseph Kuo perfected his craft working with the Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong before returning to his native Taiwan in 1978 to make this indie.
Kuo didn’t have a lot of production money behind him, but he compensated by hiring some of the best fight choreographers and stuntmen around, and casting unknowns who proved to be exceptionally talented. Jack Long, later seen in Master of the Flying Guillotine, plays Shang Kuan Cheng, a celebrated kung-fu champion nearing retirement. He’s just about to kick his kick-ass ways when he accepts one last challenge — to travel around the countryside, proving he can still defeat all of the known masters. Each employs a different mode of attack, while Cheng retaliates with his signature Pai Mei Fist Style.
Buoyed by crack editing and camerawork, the film wastes no time in demonstrating a wild variety of fighting techniques. There are also the obligatory comic interludes, as Cheng reluctantly picks up a new disciple, a devoted but buffoon-like protege who ultimately helps save the geezer’s bacon. “You’re a fool,” Cheng tells the boy, “but you’ve got guts.”
It’s entertaining and also instructive. Afterwards, you’ll know exactly why you should never munch on a chicken’s anus. Enjoy, and join us again next Friday for another Trillion ($) Movie.
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