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AimingforYoko

Jun 4, 2009 @ 1:19 pm

I searched high and low for a thread for this show and surprisingly came up empty. One of my favorites as a kid. The overview form Wiki:

In the late 19th century, Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman. He has been raised in the Shaolin monastery, and trained by the monks to be a Shaolin master.

Master Po (left) and Kwai Chang Caine (right) in a flashback from the episode "Dark Angel", written by Herman MillerIn the pilot episode, Caine’s beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, is murdered by the Chinese emperor's nephew, and Caine retaliates by killing the nephew. In order to avoid execution for the nephew's killing, Caine flees from China to western America, where he seeks to find his half-brother, Danny Caine.

Although it is his intention to find Danny while avoiding notice, Caine's training as a priest has instilled in him a sense of social responsibility, forcing him repeatedly to come out into the open to fight for justice. After each such encounter, he is compelled to leave to stay ahead of the emperor's assassins.

It was pitched as an 'Eastern Western' and Bruce Lee was reputed to be up for the role, but it became an iconic role for David Carradine. His sad death was my motivation for searching for the thread in the first place. He starred in over 100 movies, but much like Leonard Nimoy and Spock, he will forever be linked to Kwai-Chang Caine.

Malibu65

Jun 4, 2009 @ 3:58 pm

I would think this would be considered a drama.

I was so enamored with David and his character. This was one of those shows I looked forward to every week.

I hope the reports of suicide are false. I imagine he must have had some sort of heart attack or something and was thrashing around for whatever reason and what looks like a suicide is really just a person who was in agony.

May he rest in peace.

Codger

Jun 4, 2009 @ 4:10 pm

Reports are that he was found half-naked, in a closet in his hotel room, with a rope around his neck (and other parts of his body), with no signs of a struggle or anything disturbed in the room. The two possibilities right now are suicide or accidental hanging while engaging in auto-erotic asphyxiation (like Michael Hutchence). The police have apparently ruled out murder.

MDKNIGHT

Jun 6, 2009 @ 3:30 am

I am very saddened. Kung Fu was a great series and I always found David Carradine interesting in whatever he did. I loved his appearances in Alias and Kill Bill. He was also an alternate on Dancing with the Stars and I would have loved to see him compete.

ubiquitous

Jun 9, 2009 @ 6:43 pm

The first thing I thought when I heard the news of his death was "auto-erotic asphyxiation".

Jupiter84

Jun 9, 2009 @ 6:49 pm

It's a shame that he will be remembered more for how he died, than for the great work that he did.

Malibu65

Jun 10, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

David doesn't deserve the shame the media is trying to put on his memory. With the way some actors behave in the public eye and so forth, with so much garbage out there for the media to pick on, this is what they'd rather do, corrupt the life and memory of a man who excelled in his work. Thank you David. You deserve so much better than this.

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