Episode 80: How to write a fight scene
Scenes from Bruce Lee’s early career as a champion cha-cha dancer
What makes a good fight scene work? Is it the pacing, the characters, or where it happens in the story? We talk about our favorite fight scenes, and how they’re oddly similar to dance numbers. Plus, we're joined by battle mastermind Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga, who explains why a fight scene has to change everything.
Notes, citations, & etc.
The Green Bone Saga (Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy)
Gamer, dir. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Bruce Lee was a champion dancer
Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz
Victories Greater than Death (forthcoming), by Charlie Jane Anders
Into the Badlands, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, starring Daniel Wu
Lord of the Rings, dir. Peter Jackson
Avengers Endgame, dir. Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
Star Wars, dir George Lucas