Goodbye to the king of kick ass kung fu coolness David Carradine, found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok. A generation of 70s kids like me were brought up with his chilled 'Grasshopper' Caine in Kung Fu and reintroduced to Carradine as the icy and ruthless Bill in Tarantino's brilliant Kill Bill. Ostensibly an action tv series, Kung Fu was threaded with an absolute ethical imperative and displayed a model of personal social responsibility.
An unconventional life ended equally unconventionally.
Suicide my arse!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds more like he was fantasising about becoming a Tory MP.
Friday night telly was never the same again after Kung Fu ended.