CROAKED KWOUK

Slow news day?

Kind of a surprise in America, has been the coverage given to Burt Kwouk. I mean, he was no Herbert Lom.

It's entirely possible that if he began his career today, he'd get no work. Can you imagine making a "Pink Panther" movie in which an Asian is demeaned by doing nothing but insane and inept karate moves? And getting bested by a middle-aged Brit who could drop from a second heart attack over anything strenuous?

OK, he was born at the right time. Even so, what the FUCK did this guy do that would interest Americans? Those "Pink Panther" movies were mostly boring, with huge stretches of tedious, obvious non-gags. They're also unknown to anyone under 40. I can't imagine anyone watching them now and NOT fast-forwarding. Not a little. A LOT.

Social Disease Media can fixate on most anything on a slow news day.

If the day is really slow, a few paragraphs can be stretched into a full article. In Kwouk's case, American obits went on and on, listing his credits...on BRITISH television.

Apparently this guy worked quite a bit in his native England, which would explain why he got an OBE. Yes, most ANYONE (short of Goatboy Grooker) can get an OBE, but still, as far as Americans are concerned, he did little more than fall down in some "Pink Panther" movies. He was in a few James Bond films. Anyone remember him? No, and it's not just because all Asians look alike.

Goodbye to Burt, who got a surprisingly big send off in America....mostly because nothing else happened. Caitlyn Jenner didn't mince around in a new outfit, and ISIS didn't blow up any Frenchies.