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Ralph Macchio hits back on criticism that The Karate Kid was too white
10/22/2022 10:01:00 PM Ralph Macchio hits back on criticism that ' The Karate Kid' was ' too white'
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Ralph Macchio hits back on criticism that ' The Karate Kid ' was 'too white' “ The Karate Kid ” star Ralph Macchio said the 1984 classic was actually progressive in its approach to the Asian American experience. Ralph Macchio is taking a crane kick to criticisms that “The Karate Kid” was “too white.”“People have said it’s a very white cast..that it didn’t dive into the Asian story,” Macchio said in this week’s issue ofStellar Magazine.The 60-year-old actor said the 1984 classic, where he starred alongside Noriyuki “Pat” Morita as the new kid in town bullied by his school’s crew of karate menaces, was actually progressive in its approach to the Asian American experience. “But I always say this: the film was ahead of its time because it was a popcorn movie that talked about Japanese internment camps during World War 2.“Pat always said the scene [in which it’s revealed Mr. Miyagi lost his wife and child in the camps] earned him his Oscar nomination,” Macchio said adding the scene where Morita’s character was inebriated, was poignant to the Japanese American actor. Read more:
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