Re: Name a TV Show...

On 2025-04-16 2:48 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-04-16 2:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

 

They show reruns of KUNG FU but they’re just absolutely covered with
warnings.

 

Why? What are they warning about?

 Shhh
 No one can know that Hollywood once cast roles in which the actor shared
absolutely no characteristics of the character he played, and this was
perfectly acceptable.
 

Oh, right, the fact that Carradine wasn't even partially Chinese.
Funny, I don't remember any warnings when I watched Warrior, a much more recent series. I *think* Andrew Koji, who played the lead, is actually of Japanese heritage, not Chinese, and some of the other cast had Vietnamese heritage while playing Chinese. I guess those were considered "close enough", even though in real life, there is considerable lingering hatred between Chinese and Japanese people over Japan's invasion of China prior to and during WWII.

Pay no attention to Disney preferring CGI rather than casting, well,
dwarves to play dwarves.

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Rhino