{"id":1708692,"date":"2022-10-24T08:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708692"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:18:37","slug":"ralph-macchio-rejects-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ralph-macchio-rejects-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Macchio Rejects \u201cToo White\u201d Criticism of 1984\u2019s \u201cKarate Kid\u201d: \u201cAhead of Its Time\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fralph-macchio-rejects-too-white-criticism-of-1984s-karate-kid-ahead-of-its-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Responding to recent criticism\u00a0that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1984\u2019s &#8220;Karate Kid&#8221;<\/a> was &#8220;too White&#8221; and didn\u2019t delve into the Japanese cultural aspects of the discipline enough, the film\u2019s star Ralph Macchio last week called the coming-of-age story &#8220;ahead of its time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;People have said it\u2019s a very White cast, that it didn\u2019t dive into the Asian story,&#8221;\u00a0Macchio, 60, told Stellar Magazine. &#8220;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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/world-war-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> World War II.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former child actor, who is promoting his new memoir\u00a0&#8220;Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me,&#8221;\u00a0added that late co-star Noriyuki &#8220;Pat&#8221; Morita had said he earned his Academy Award nomination for the movie because of the scene in which it\u2019s revealed he lost his wife and son in one of the camps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pat himself spent two years in the camps,&#8221; Macchio explained. &#8220;So it had double meaning and some depth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/cobra-kai-star-ralph-macchio-explains-why-turned-down-will-smith-karate-kid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018COBRA KAI\u2019 STAR RALPH MACCHIO EXPLIANS WHY HE TURNED DOWN WILL SMITH&#8217;S \u2018KARATE KID\u2019 REMAKE: \u2018DOOR WAS OPEN\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/karate-kid.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio in a scene from the film &#039;The Karate Kid&#039;, 1984.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio in a scene from the film &#8216;The Karate Kid&#8217;, 1984.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Columbia Pictures\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Macchio said the Oscar-worthy scene was almost cut from the film for length but it was saved by fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The studio\u2019s main concern was that with the movie running over two hours, they would lose a daily screening time, and essentially, money in the process,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They all shut up once we screened it for them with an audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Getty_PatMorita_Memorial.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Actor Ralph Macchio speaks during a memorial service for Pat Morita, his co-star in the movie \" The Karate Kid \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Actor Ralph Macchio speaks during a memorial service for Pat Morita, his co-star in the movie &#8220;The Karate Kid&#8221;, at the Palm Mortuary &#038; Memorial Park November 30, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morita, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the movie, died at age 73.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">((Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ralph-macchio-karate-kid-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RALPH MACCHIO, 60, PAYS TRIBUTE TO &#8216;KARATE KID&#8217; ALMOST FOUR DECADES LATER AT NICKELODEON KIDS&#8217; CHOICE AWARDS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The powerful scene midway through the movie shows the always sober Mr. Miyagi drunk and desperately emotional as he struggles to deal with the memories of his wife and son on his anniversary. Macchio\u2019s character, who puts his sensei to bed after he passes out, finds out that Miyagi\u2019s wife and son died in childbirth in 1944.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/cobra-kai-cast.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"(L-R) Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove and William Zabka attend \" Cobra Kai \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      (L-R) Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove and William Zabka attend &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; press line at Hilton Bayfront on July 18, 2019 in San Diego, California.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Jerod Harris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And while the first &#8220;Karate Kid&#8221; took place in California, the second one in 1986 revolved around Macchio\u2019s character Daniel spending time with his sensei in his childhood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home of Okinawa.<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Macchio, who wasn\u2019t involved with the Will Smith remake of the film in 2008, currently stars in the show &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; in which he plays Daniel as an adult.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to recent criticism\u00a0that 1984\u2019s &#8220;Karate Kid&#8221; was &#8220;too White&#8221; and didn\u2019t delve into the Japanese cultural aspects of the discipline enough, the film\u2019s star Ralph Macchio last week called<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1708695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}