Comments on: Carradine & Thailand’s Caricature Image

By: $1,192 ++ The Celeb Night

$1,192 ++ The Celeb Night — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:05:12 +0000

[...] for more than the strange celebrity death report about the tragic demise of martial arts legend David Carradine (…) Now Thailand introduces one of the latest private retreat hot spots that has been [...]

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By: MongerSEA

MongerSEA — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:02:25 +0000

Dan, just as with justice here, one gets all the deference one can afford.

g/g is right that for a brief period Carradine’s start burned very brightly indeed but he lacked in equal measures both acting depth and self control and that doomed him personally and professionally. My Hollywood friends ran with the same crowd and the picture they give is of a man who at times struggled very hard for his sobriety and at others was almost unbelievably depraved.

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By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:02:36 +0000

It’s obvious that I’m in a clear minority here.

As mentioned earlier on, Carradine died the way he seemed to have lived.

A very Buddhist passing so to say.

Agree with gorgeous gorgeous. Wonder if there are different translations/levels of “deference” in Thai?

BangkokDan

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By: gorgeous georgous

gorgeous georgous — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:35:12 +0000

Carradine was a massive star in the 70’s when the Kung Fu TV series was running and because of this had iconic status in Hollywood even if bloggers in Thailand haven’t heard of him.

Thai Rath run endless photos of murder and car crash victims in all their bloody glory. So Carradine wasn’t getting treated any differently than most normal Thais.

What this really revealed – due to the death of such an iconic internationally recognized actor (Thai bloggers notwithstanding) – was the way Thais treat each other. In short, without any regard to internationally accepted norms or ethics.

Unless, of course, the victim or person involved is a poo yai/elite or can threaten serious violence. Then complete deference is the case.

It is the law of the jungle. To try and sell Thailand as a smiling hippy dippy land of ethical Buddhists is just utter BS.

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:44:51 +0000

E. Spitzer,

I agree with you. And knowing who David was is not just an American thing, his early shows were popular in the U.K. too.

For your comment: “Let’s face it, one doesn’t go to Bangkok to be alone”

I did exactly that. BKK is a wonderful place to be alone for awhile.

But then again, that might be a female thing

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By: caricature

caricature — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:29:47 +0000

I like the caricature on the top of this article. It’s just great.

(BD: Here’s the original.)

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