Bruce Lee & David Carradine in the early 70´s, was a racist decision by hollywood?

what do u think of that? According to interviews with Chuck Norris %26amp; Bruce´s widow - Linda Lee Caldwell in 2002





Bruce Lee was screwed out of the "Kungfu TV show" because it was Bruce Lee's idea to make this show so the producers felt that the american producers wasn't ready for an asian actor. Does it occur to yeah that Bruce Lee had another TV show called the green hornet it was a american TV show. So after Bruce Lee got stiff for this project producers went out and got David Carradine.Carradine couldn't even fight really, he didn't know anything about Kung Fu.





PS: Nowadays Hollywood put the name of the late Bruce into the "HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME" besides James Dean %26amp; Marilyn Monroe.

Bruce Lee %26amp; David Carradine in the early 70´s, was a racist decision by hollywood?
It is true that David Carradine was not a martial artist previous to the show "Kung Fu". Since then, though, he has become quite an accomplished martial artist.





No question that the reason Bruce Lee was not cast as a lead in a movie or television show in the 60's was due to racism. In fact, according to interviews and books I have read, he got the part of Kato due to the fact he wears a mask and his eyes could appear more round.





While I think this is all horrible, I can't pass judgment on events that happened 30-40 years ago with today's value standards. In all honesty, the producers of TV shows want to have high ratings so that advertisers will pay more for time slots during the shows. At that time, even in our great country, people may not have been ready for a strong Asian lead character.





It is sad to think though, that even just a few short years later that "Enter the Dragon" had such success with a strong Asian lead who was tragically taken from us at what should have been the height of his success. When we were finally ready, Bruce Lee was gone...
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Reply:Yes it was a racist decision
Reply:Definitely a racist decision. A Chinese person, or a person of any other color than white, could not be a lead in a show in the U.S. He was Kato in "The Green Hornet", but only because it wasn't the lead.





I believe that the lack of a true kung fu star allowed the success of such martial arts shams as Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme.





Today, we're lucky to have Jackie Chan and Jet Li to elevate the standard of kung fu in U.S. movies.
Reply:prejudice that is all it was ,by the way bruce lee , although he stole the show in the green hornet wasn't the star of the show but a trusty side kick. It took a success of 'enter the dragon' to establish him as a true international star ,ironically dying almost simultaneouly to it's release!
Reply:who ever gave you all of that info is full of bs historically lee and carradine are equals, both went to the same shaolin academy at the same time, when the time for the show parts to be given out, lee was busy making a movie in singapore, the producers would not wait, gave it to carradine,, incdently his father john had a lot of pull in the final cut
Reply:What do you expect from a country that had slaves and the Klu Klax Klan its predjudiced beliefs are still around in some states. Did you see the films Easy Rider, or Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, I could go on, but why bother !!

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