The Story of the Wild West Madam Ah Toy

[@aaronlisle3773]

Have you guys seen, "Warrior" on Max? Ah Toy is one of the main characters on the series, she's a madam in Chinatown, she's a warrior, and I'm sure she's been highly fictionalized for the series, but this is the inspiration for that amazing character on Warrior

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I recorded this Ah Toy episode years before Warrior came out. No one's sure about her but whoever she was, I bow in respect.

[@aaronlisle3773]

Warrior is a phenomenal series, based on an unused script written by Bruce Lee written a few years before he died. Well, Lee's daughter, Shannon, found the journal of ideas, or the "script" I don't think it was actually a script, but she took it to Justin Lin, and they had it produced with show runner Jonathan Tropper, from the successful Banshee series, and it's a martial arts crime drama, I don't want to give away too much, but it's literally the best thing I've ever seen on television and it has an amazing cast, superb writing, excellent acting, just give it a look

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I never miss an episode. Great characters.

[@lavonnekelly9173]

Watching season three of Warrior right now...great story...

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

OMG, too funny! I just finished Season 3 last night. Check out The Brothers Sun next.

[@markgonzalez3474]

Awesome insight on the show im watching,very interesting!

[@Hitherside]

A great story for Women's History Month! Lovin' the visuals too.

[@kliuphoto]

This could be renamed "Ah Toy Story." All joking aside, this was excellently assembled. I wonder if there are any other characters from Warrior that are based in reality. A piece on the Tong Wars would be amazing.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Ah Toy Story! I wish I had thought of that. One of these days I'm going to have to go check out Warrior. I already covered the Tong Wars of NY Chinatown. Still haven't covered San Francisco. That topic is on the To-Do List.

[@andyandys5356]

Dylan Leary and Nellie Devonport were based on real people, but with different names

[@historyrhymespodcast9735]

Wow had no idea Ah Toy from Warrior was a real person. Great pod!

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Thanks. Glad you gave it a listen.

[@WalkNZ]

Thanks for another great episode - Ah Toy sounds like she was a really tough cookie

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

If she lived at all.

[@georgetreepwood1119]

Great presentation.. I heard of Ah Toy in school in the book My Life as a Madam by Nell Kimball - turns out it was a fake Ah Toy operating in the 1890's...same gig different person.

[@RichMitch]

Loved the video aspect too, great effort

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I'll tell my son. I was merely an Executive Producer.

[@deciovidalalves7351]

Grande mulher..de muita fibra, lutou bravamente pelos seus sonhos e liberdade

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Ella fue una inspiración para muchas mujeres. Espero que su historia sea cierta.

[@0311ohrah]

Great story !

[@MalaysianChopsticks]

I’ve heard of Ah Toy from the tv show Warriors. It about Chinese immigrants and the Tong Wars of the 1870s. Nice tv show. How accurate are they?

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

If it came out of Hollywood, probably not too accurate.

[@monkeydlooffy]

It's based on Bruce Lee's writing so it might be more of an inspiration on the character rather than accurate representation.

[@PharoahsKingdom]

Never knew Ah Toy from Warrior was real

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Probably was a real person but whether the legend and the woman were one and the same, no evidence tells us for certain.

[@huzhuiwei]

another corker - thanks for this

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Haha, This Yank had to look up what a "corker" was. I should have remembered the meaning from all those BBC Football call-in shows I've listened to all these years! Glad you liked it.

[@RichMitch]

Only the haircuts change...

[@bradcha5413]

ah toy is much darker in real life

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

You could be right. Still waiting for that photo to surface one day.

[@bradcha5413]

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast oh I meant her back story is much darker

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

@@bradcha5413 I'm sure it is....