Talk:Ang Lee

message: Is it precisely accurate to term Hulk a 'disappointment amongst both critics and audiences'? It does have a RottenTomatoes rating of 61% which is respectable.  Some loved it, others thought it wasn't that great, hardly anyone hates it.  Perhaps 'mixed reception' would be more appropriate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.200.200 (talk) 20:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hulk 

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message: OK, NO Taiwanese would EVER be want to be called Chinese. The status quo is that they ARE a fully independent nation, but must be discreet in mentioning this fact when dealing with China. Never call a Taiwanese Chinese. Their culture is COMPLETELY different. He is Taiwanese.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.85.101 (talk) 05:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First of all, the guy is a US Citizen. Second, this is not the place for your POV on "TW vs CN" politics. You can find it easily on Wikipedia and I am sure there are lots of people who want to share their POVs with you. Third, please sign your comment. TheAsianGURU (talk) 11:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree. saying he is asian does not mean that he is japanese, either, as someone tried to say in reverting earlier.--B.U. Football For Life|Talk 06:27, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

text: This is a relevant article: Ang Lee's Chinese roots fuel cultural controversy in Taiwan--Jiang 07:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Adjective

message: From article: He was a Visiting Fellow at Dartmouth College in 2001 where he premiered Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon This is confusing or incorrect since the film premiered in 2000. The clause has been removed until reference is cited. Shawnc 11:04, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Dartmouth

message: You may have notice that Ang Lee redirects to Lee Ang. This is because I've moved it and as he's a Chinese, it is better to name the article Lee Ang, rather than the former. The main reason is in Chinese culture, the family name is in front, and the given name is behind. Like Li Bai is not Bai Li or Mao Zedong is not Zedong Mao, this go the same for Lee Ang. --Terence Ong 09:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, reverted back to Ang Lee. --Terence Ong 13:10, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

text: So you're 101% human? S. Ugarte 21:08, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved to Lee Ang 

message: This article could use a lot more bio and a lot more filling out.  Presently it is a short blurb with a list.  Reboot 08:41, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion 

message: The template is messed up, someone please fix it, as I am not sure how, thanks. Kenimaru 02:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: i would say we should stick with first asian director to win best director. chinese and japanese are subsets of asian. Asian does not imply japanese.--B.U. Football For Life|Talk 06:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  first "blank" director to win best director 

message: I've extensively rewritten this section, which hopefully reads better now. Three highlights: (a) I've removed "homosexual" (previously "bisexual") from "two Wyoming cowboys." The context is clear enough without either word, which otherwise sounds redundant and (worse) pejorative. (b) I've also moved the sentence on Lee's Best Director award to end of paragraph, which is rhetorically stronger and puts the emphasis on Lee himself. The old version ended with "Brokeback" losing to "Crash" and all the controversies that generated. (c) I've restored the reference to Lee's skills in depicting human emotions, which the last edit removed. It seems to be an important point to me. Your thoughts? swan 05:47, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climbing the Mountain 

message: I've rewritten the section with two things in mind: (a) The statement that "Crouching Tiger" helped introduce Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige to the West was misleading. They had been known to the West for almost two decades. It's more accurate to say "Crouching Tiger" made it acceptable (and fashionable) for other Chinese directors to make high production-value Wu Xia films for Western audience. (b) Roger Ebert loved "Hulk," calling it one of the two best Superhero films (along with "Spiderman II") of all time. But crowds who consumed the superhero genre probably found the psychological subtext between father and son too complicated or irrelevant. This latter point, however, I hesitated to make explicit in an encyclopia entry. Still, more could be said about "Hulk" imho. swan 06:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wu Xia and Superhero

message: Is it not worth a comment somewhere to explain why his name in English is Ang when his name in Chinese is apparently An? -- 86.6.5.37 19:31, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost all internet sources and English-language media refer to him as as Ang Lee, instead of Li An.--Jerry 22:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Addressing your question requires understanding the options.  The first sentence already shows his name in "()" forms. What do you propose adding beyond that and which source(s) will you cite? – Conrad T. Pino 17:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

text: When a person comes to the U.S., they can romanize their name any way they want. And since Ang Lee is from Taiwan, they don't use standard pinyin (which would be An). Many people from Taiwan have different romanizations of the exact same character. Apparently, he chose "Ang Lee", so that's that. --Uw badgers (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Li An 

message: The use of the term mainland China implies a geographical extension or relation to the rest of China;therefore a violation of NPOV. --Certified.Gangsta (talk) 09:16, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jiang's edit 

message: Still questioning the golden lion reference. The reference (3) doesn't mention this.  However, I found  which proposes he has won it three times... but I don't know the quality of this reference. --Pearrari (talk) 06:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golden Lion 

message: what the hell is this introduction, "Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award, two-time Golden Lion, two-time Golden Berlin Bear, seven-time Golden Horse Award, four-time BAFTA, two-time DGA Award, Hong Kong Film Award, five-time Golden Globe, two-time National Board of Review and two-time New York Film Critics Circle winning film director from Taiwan."
that seems like a joke, please someone rewrite this introduction. FloydNIN (talk) 20:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro 

message: Edward Yang's films also showed linguistic diversity. Also those of new-wave Taiwanese filmmakers. – Kaihsu (talk) 21:55, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not even sure the section in question belongs in Wikipedia or has sufficient relevance. Perhaps it should be deleted (or shortened greatly). Thoughts? Softlavender (talk) 09:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Update: I deleted this section. It was solely about all kinds of Chinese dialects in a couple of Lee's Chinese-language films. This has no relevance to English-language Wikipedia. Not to mention, the section was absurdly long and detailed -- it sounded like it was someone's term paper and Original Research; specifically, that of , 31 October 2006.  Softlavender (talk) 03:28, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Linguistic diversity is relevant given that there was major criticism among Chinese audiences of the different accents of the actors in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and that Michelle Yeoh had to give a rebuttal.  In addition, it is important for the English audience to know when a movie is not totally in Mandarin/Cantonese.  If a movie was mostly in French with some amount of German, that would be important for the non-French and non-German speaking audiences to know in order to appreciate the context of the movie.  Often the  English subtitles don't inform the audience the difference in the languages/dialects spoken.  So please tell me how linguistic facts are not relevant to the English Wikipedia or are we English speakers arrogant and ignorant of other languages/dialects? Allentchang (talk) 00:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linguistic diversity in Chinese films 

message: Do we have a better source that says what citizenship he has? I have been having a conversation at User talk:高橋智 with an editor who claims he only has a green card, not US citizenship, and gives Chinese-language sources that support this claim. The sources given in this article are not very great, so I think it would be good to have a more definite answer to this question. Kusma (talk) 00:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Chinese sources are full of POVs & inaccurate claims, some even bordering amusing. I saw one a while back, saying Ang was so "patriotic" that he was "considering" giving up his US Citizenship. The fact is that Ang is a naturalized U.S. citizen and so far, all the refs fit WP:RS perfectly. I also saw the link that the user's claim was based on. It was dated back in March of 2006, during the time of "Brokeback".  All the current refs we have regarding that issue are much more recent. So unless there is a RS saying otherwise, we should go with the current version. TheAsianGURU (talk) 00:31, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I expected something like that. I was a bit unhappy that most of the sources just mention his citizenship in passing, but I guess they should be good enough. Thank you! Kusma (talk) 18:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

text: As of 2006, he is still a R.O.C. (Taiwanese) Citizen without U.S. Citizenship according to Chinese press in Taiwan. Unless there are newer sources indicated that he's neutralized, I think it's better not to claim he is American. And here's the sources: http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/entertainment/20060311/2459025/   173.56.24.194 (talk) 06:54, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the sources cited on this article is the Los Angeles Times article , which is from August 2009, and it states he is a U.S. citizen.  There is also an article from the Taiwanese newspaper The China Post from September 2007 , also states it.--Filmested (talk) 20:49, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

text: You don't know when he was naturalized.  That's video seems to be from either the 2001 (when he was up for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) or 2006 Academy Awards ceremonies' red carpet (when he was up for Brokeback Mountain) (and it can't be the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony when he was up for Life of Pi); while references from Variety, Los Angeles Times, etc. from later periods all stated that he is a U.S. citizen.  We go with reputable sources.--Filmested (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship 

message: Would it be plausible to add a part to Ang Lee's profile in which to link to Stewart Lee's joke (and anecdote) about telling Ang Lee the "Don't make me Ang Lee, you wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee" joke?  92.2.29.149 (talk) 14:19, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stewart Lee 

message: Is his wife a molecular biologist or a microbiologist? The article has both. Theshibboleth (talk) 06:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife's profession 

message: Hi
I am an editor for a news agency and was hoping if WIki affiliates or editors could consider labeling Ang Lee's wiki page as a secure source so that it is free from tampering.  If this had been a less prominent individual or director, I would not request for this.  but he just won the oscars today for best director among others such as spileberg.  if spielberg has a protected source, than he needs one as well.  Keep in mind that Oscars represents the mainstream film industry in the U.S.  In other words, it is the top in the industry just like the NBA is the top in Basketball and NFL top in Football and FIFA World Cup is the top in Men's Soccer as popular mainstream sports.
Thank You
Sean Fahey  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.227.207.252 (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  URGENT REQUEST 

message: Jonathan Sever of the Herald & Post posted: http://web.archive.org/web/20050219054342/http://www.peterborough.net/lifestyle/articles/anglee.asp - http://archive.is/GlnqM
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thread_title:  Interview 

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message: In the simpsons, Ang Lee directed a music video for an episode. The video for "Drop Da Bomb" is apparently directed by Ang Lee. 
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