...or "how the internet killed my brain and sprained my wrist by telling me lies and feeding me too freely available porn."
But that's enough of that. Here's something for you: I watched the remake of The Karate Kid the other day. The kids in my class chose it as their end of term DVD treat and though my heart sank as I counted the hands in the air I actually really enjoyed it on the whole. Here's the thing though - it has no Karate in it. The new version is set in Beijing and since Karate is a Japanese martial art we see Jackie Chan (who is an absolute revelation, by the way) imparting the ways of Kung Fu (you're thinking of David Carradine now, aren't you?) to Will Smith's lad.
You should have called it The Kung Fu Kid, you fucking tossers!
Would I have been as angry about that when I was twenty two as I am about it now? We'll probably never know. The Kung Fu Kid. It has Kung Fu in it. Not Karate. Karate is Japanese. It should have been called The Kung Fu Kid. Is that really too much to ask?
Bah.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
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I imagine the makers assume its audience is too ignorant to know the difference, but what are they calling it in Japan, I wonder.
And welcome back and Merry Christmas, by the way. Great to see somebody making an effort.
"Best Kid" in Japan, apparently. "The Kung Fu Dream" in China.
Brilliant.
See also The Madness of King George, of course, and Schindler's List. Are Americans really that stupid or is Hollywood merely insulting the intelligence of the average Joe Schmoe?
One answer to that question here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html
Of course the original Karate Kid was set in America and features largely Tae kwon do which is Korean.
What a swizz!
That Boxing Helena was good though, wasn't it?
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