{"id":105528,"date":"2022-10-23T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ralph-macchio-dismisses-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:43:56","slug":"ralph-macchio-dismisses-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ralph-macchio-dismisses-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Macchio dismisses ‘too White’ criticism of 1984’s ‘Karate Kid’: ‘Ahead of its time’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Responding to recent criticism that 1984’s “Karate Kid” was “too White” and didn’t delve into the Japanese cultural aspects of the discipline enough, the film’s star Ralph Macchio last week called the coming-of-age story “ahead of its time “<\/p>\n
“People have said it’s a very White cast, that it didn’t dive into the Asian story,” Macchio, 60, told Stellar Magazine. “But I always say this: The movie was ahead of its time because it was a popcorn movie that talked about Japanese internment camps during World War II.” <\/p>\n
The former child actor, who is promoting his new memoir “Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me,” added that late co-star Noriyuki “Pat” Morita had said he earned his Academy Award nomination for the movie because of the scene in which it’s revealed he lost his wife and son in one of the camps. <\/p>\n
“Pat himself spent two years in the camps,” Macchio explained. “So it had double meaning and some depth.”<\/p>\n
‘COBRA KAI’ STAR RALPH MACCHIO EXPLIANS WHY HE TURNED DOWN WILL SMITH’S ‘KARATE KID’ REMAKE: ‘DOOR WAS OPEN’<\/strong> <\/p>\n