I went to the video store today, second time this week I’ve spend half an hour browsing the new releases and feeling dirty afterward, leaving the shop empty handed.
But i did notice a wee title up in the top right corner of the “recently released” section:
The Next Karate Kid
Oh yeah…
Well more bizarre than the title grabbing my attention in the first place was the cast itself. Yes, I admit it, I actually picked the box up and looked it over, chuckled to myself and then quickly put it back where I found it.
Turns out the fourth in the long, drawn out story of Ralph Macchio’s transition from doofus to black belt is an overlooked epic starring none other than Hillary Swank and the beloved Pat Morita (who will always be ‘Arnold’ to me)
TV’s Pat Morita
Yes, it seems that just when I was about get all Hillary Swank on your ass, and gush over her recent film greatness, I find a chink in the “poor white trash in a station wagon with only $24 in the world on the road to hollywood with mom rags to riches tale she’s been telling James Lipton.
Shame on you James for not bringing up this roadside corn dog of a movie in such a brilliant, and unexpected actor’s career.
Wait a minute, did I just shame James Lipton for being discrete? How do I know who James Lipton even is? I don’t watch TV, err… I used to not watch TV… I mean, I spent a bona-fide decade without watching it… Oh crap, I admit it… I have cable… I feel my sense of self, the very core of my “cool” exterior failing, I can hear the high pitched bleat of the machine begin to drone out in its monotone report…
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wax on, wax off……
or was it,
garbage in, garbage out
;)
Now, hey…I remember a certain someone telling me awhile back that I shouldn’t judge any work I may get during my journey to be a working actor. I was waxing on, poetically, about how I was only going to do theatre or well-written, independant films, and you, my dear friend, were the one who brought me back to reality and said, “Who cares what it is. If you have to do some crappy tv show or a shitty movie in order to get where you want to go, do it! Just work!”.
And so, I forgive Hilary for having to be the next karate kid in order to get her noticed and celebrated for the talent she has. After all, I bet if I called you and said I was going to star in “The Next Catwoman” or something, you’d be stoked! And I’d do it. We all have to start somewhere…
You know, I forgive her too. In fact, there’s no scorn or offense related to this discovery.
But you gotta admit it is pretty funny…
: )
You’re right. It is funny!
Heh, heh, heh…