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David Carradine is a pervet.

posted 14 years ago by Eric-Scissorhands
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And he died like a bitch. Auto erotic asphyxiation? lawlz. Talk about disgracing not only yourself but your entire family.

Ive ALWAYS despised this series because of how it came to fruition, being a STOLEN idea from the great Bruce Lee, and not even given a "credit" really pissed me off. The racists behind it who refused an Asian Star in an ASIAN ROLE IN A *beep* ASIAN TV SERIES CALLED "KUNG FU." AN ASIAN, specifically Chinese martial art form. Its beyond me how any sane person would accept this other than being UNACCEPTABLE.

And to all the fanboy idiots who argue the role of caine is supposed to be half white half Chinese....guess what? Bruce Lee himself had GERMAN blood flowing through his veins, he IS by definition a true Eurasian.

*beep* this show, *beep* the producers, and *beep* david "the guy who hanged himself to death while beating of in Thailand" carradine.

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[–] kinshasaaaaa 9 years ago

Yeah, that's incredible how they cast some white dude as an Asian character. I just stumbled upon this programme as it's being shown on TMC here in the UK and it's sobering how prejudiced the world was back then where whites were portraying all sorts of ethnic characters. White supremacy, eh?

But the personal comments about Carradine were slightly unnecessary. If he did steal the idea from the great Bruce Lee, that's out of order but let's at least respect the dead. I agree with you overall tho. Peace!

[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 9 years ago

I have to say, so what? I cannot for the life of me imagine anyone doing a better job than Carradine, creating a character that lives forever in the minds of anyone who saw him, in a show that will never be forgotten. I'm not a fanatic, I just enjoyed it (and still do, occasionally). Even now, you get cut-ups who say "Ah, glasshoppah!" when they don't even know the origin of it - it's something that has just passed into the language. Lee would have been dreadful in the role, and we wouldn't be having this conversation 44 years later.

I can understand it when it comes to the case of Fu Manchu being played by a Caucasian with his eyes taped back, the Minstrel shows or even blacked up "cannibals" - but Kung Fu is not an example of white arrogance.