<p>Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/9-great-movies-to-watch-with-your-son/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ralph Macchio</a> dismissed claims that his 1984 film &#8220;The Karate Kid&#8221; was &#8220;too white&#8221; and did not spend enough time reflecting on the Japanese cultural influence on the martial arts discipline.</p>
<p>Macchio, whose turn as Daniel LaRusso in that movie cemented him as a household name, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ralph-macchio-dismisses-too-white-criticism-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said last week</a> that he had always believed the movie was ahead of its time – mainly because it addressed the subject of the World War II-era Japanese <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/media-trump-using-former-japanese-internment-camp-james-barrett/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">internment camps</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;People have said it’s a very white cast, that it didn’t dive into the Asian story. 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 II,&#8221; the 60-year-old actor explained.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ralph Macchio dismisses &#39;too White&#39; criticism of 1984&#39;s &#39;Karate Kid&#39;: &#39;Ahead of its time&#39; <a href="https://t.co/8xF8HdNYle">https://t.co/8xF8HdNYle</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1584155188121640960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Macchio went on to say that his late costar, Noriyuki &#8220;Pat&#8221; Morita, attributed his Academy Award nomination to one the scene that address the camps — and his character&#8217;s experience during the war.</p>
<p>That scene showed the typically stoic Mr. Miyagi drunk and losing control of his emotions as he remembered his wife — who died in childbirth along with their son in an internment camp — on what would have been their anniversary. The scene ends with Macchio&#8217;s Daniel putting his instructor and mentor into bed.</p>
<p>What made the scene so powerful, Macchio argued, was the fact that Morita himself had spent time in the camps. &#8220;Pat himself spent two years in the camps. So it had double meaning and some depth,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Despite the depth and power of the scene, Macchio said it almost ended up on the cutting room floor — over concerns that the movie was too long.</p>
<p>&#8220;The studio’s main concern was that with the movie running over two hours, they would lose a daily screening time, and essentially, money in the process. They all shut up once we screened it for them with an audience,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Macchio returned to the character he made famous decades later, reprising the role of Daniel La Russo for Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Cobra Kai.&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite some early concerns about coming back to the role, Macchio explains in his new memoir that the series has succeeded in taking what made the films &#8220;work&#8221; and bringing those elements — &#8220;Overcoming the obstacles, finding your way &#8230; figuring it out&#8221; — to a whole new generation of fans.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">In a memoir, Ralph Macchio says he was unsure about returning to the role of Daniel LaRusso in “Cobra Kai.” But the Netflix series successfully captures what made the “Karate Kid” films work: “Overcoming the obstacles, finding your way&#8230;figuring it out.” <a href="https://t.co/rkMygXNh3g">https://t.co/rkMygXNh3g</a></p>
<p>&mdash; New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimesbooks/status/1584284793323196416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>

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