In the Cinemax show, initially written by the legendary Bruce Lee, Rich Ting adopts the persona of a Chinese mobster from 19th century Chinatown.
If you didn't know already, in the 19th century, when Chinese immigrants were finding their way to the US in waves, the Chinatown in San Fransisco was home to a lot of gang violence.
And now the show's screenplay is set in a similar time frame, where, unlike today, bloody turf wars and sounds of gunfire in Chinatown were as common as seeing the moon in the sky. Amidst that constant turmoil, Ting's character, Bolo Yeung, is a central figure in the plot.
