In Loving Memory of Mr. Miyagi
An icon of my childhood has died. Pat Morita played Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid movies which has been one of the classic movies of my generation. While some people have that brat pack, or Molly Ringwald, I have that whiny bitch Ralphie Macchio and Pat Morita as the big-screen icons of a generation. Whether they were fighting Johnny and the Cobra Kai dojo headed by John Creese, or settling lifelong scores in Okinawa, they helped shape my expectations of what movies are supposed to be. Pat Morita is now gone and he will greatly be missed.
And maybe I shouldn’t be asking this question, but I feel like I must say what everyone else is thinking. Why couldn’t it have been Ralph Macchio?
Mike Said,
November 26, 2005 @ 12:06 pm
In the immortal words of Johnny’s friend at the end of The Karate Kid, “Somebody get em’ a body bag!!!’