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Greg Berlanti accepts the Patron of the Artists Award onstage during SAG-AFTRA Foundation s 4th Annual Patron of the Artists Awards at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 7, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA Foundation/TNS)
Review: Strangely drawn to Asian American stereotypes, ‘Kung Fu’ stumbles out of gate
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, (TNS)
What’s in a name? The potential to make new deals out of old intellectual property, for one. “Kung Fu,” which premieres Wednesday on the CW, is related by contracts and corporate history to “Kung Fu,” the 1970s David Carradine series about a half-Chinese Shaolin monk roaming the Old West; what they have in common is a main character schooled in martial arts whose mentor is killed. And, apart from a title and a screen credit for Ed Spielman, who created the original series – Christina M. Kim, whose credits include �
What s in a name? The potential to make new deals out of old intellectual property, for one. Kung Fu, which premieres Wednesday on the CW, is related by contracts and corporate history to Kung Fu, the 1970s David Carradine series about a half-Chinese Shaolin monk roaming the Old West; what they have in common is a main character schooled in martial arts whose mentor is killed. And, apart from a title and a screen credit for Ed Spielman, who created the original series â Christina M. Kim, whose credits include Blindspot and Lost, is the new version s showrunner â nothing else.
In the latest adventure series from Arrowverse honcho Greg Berlanti, Olivia Liang plays Nicky Shen, who spin-kicks things off with a narrated quick trip charting her progress from Harvard college girl to kung fu fighter. Realizing that the cultural tour of China on which she s been sent by her mother is just a dodge to find her a nice Chinese boy, Nicky bolts, jumping into the back of a truc