This brings to mind the whole upset over Mel Gibson. I think he’s a fine actor and filmmaker, and when all that personal stuff about him became public, I experienced a brief bout of the “ickies” (I’m not too fond of bigotry). But what business did anyone have revealing all that personal stuff about him in the first place?! Some folks I met decided to boycott his movies back then, and I thought that was just so unfortunate. He’s still a fine actor and filmmaker, no matter what.

It must take a tremendous amount of courage to step into the limelight in order to share one’s talents with the world nowadays, what with all the ravenous sharks circling around, eager for a feeding frenzy on the privacy that the rest of us (well, most of us…) expect, and treasure.

I loved David Carradine, the actor. I, too, grew up watching “Kung Fu”, one of my favorite shows.
I wanted to go back in time with him to live at that monestary, and learn to snatch the pebble from “Master’s” hand. In fact, I feel a bit like “Grasshopper” even now (particularly in therapy).

Long live the memory of David Carradine, the actor…and let us allow David Carradine, the man, his privacy.

My thoughts go out to his real family
and all the children and friends that loved him.