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‘Kung Fu’ Showrunner Strives for ‘Three-Dimensional’ Portrait of Asian American Family

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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe 1970s television drama “Kung Fu” was “groundbreaking for what it was when it aired,” says Christina M.

Kim. The series brought the art of kung fu into mainstream conversation and millions of homes, also introducing Buddhism to many viewers and showcasing a way to use these spiritual elements to help people.

Half a century later, that part of the story is more relevant than ever after a recent wave of anti-Asian racism and violent attacks across the United States.When rebooting “Kung Fu” for a modern audience, creator and showrunner Kim tells Variety it was important to carry those thematic elements through, but also to finally, truly, tell the story through an Asian American lens.

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