this is a halfassed #reactionary readings of beloved 80s movies, but The Karate Kid was totally an incorporation of California...
this is a halfassed #reactionary readings of beloved 80s movies, but The Karate Kid was totally an incorporation of California Asian immigrants into the American fold in service of reasserting the masculine vitality of white kids pushed to the suburban edges and menaced by confident bully gangs
how does Daniel’s emphasised Italian heritage factor into this
establishes continuity in American assimilation? I was going to highlight that scene where he’s dodging fried dough in the kitchen of some Asian immigrant restaurant but apparently that’s some knockoff movie I can’t even identify?