Thursday March 22, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Karate-Kid-Ralph-Macchio/dp/B000OLROWC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1521720408&sr=1-1&keywords=the+karate+kid
This 1984 movie was a huge success leading to sequels and a re make with Jackie Chan in 2010.
There are many lessons about the study and mastery of a discipline in the movie.
And there is another interesting story about how Pat Morita nearly did not get the part. Morita had played the owner of the malt shop hamburger restaurant where the Happy Days
gang gathered in that popular tv series.One of the producers of Karate Kid could only see Pat as a comedian. TV tends to type cast actors, just ask Bob Denver about Gilligan, but Bob has passed so you can't. At any rate this is a great video about overcoming a prejudice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoBeHY1Rvs0
If you put Karate Kid in youtube.com you can view many of the scenes from the various movie and sequels. But seeing the entire movie is necessary to put this scene in context. Daniel thought he would learn karate, instead he has been waxing cars, painting a fence and the house. Frustrated, he confronts Pat and then almost walks out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg21M2zwG9Q
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