• nevernevermore@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    I never saw the Jaden smith film, but that’s a bad joke right? That it’s kung fu, not karate? How did they even think it appropriate to still call it karate??

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      8 months ago

      I saw the Jaden Smith film and it’s…okay. But yeah…it’s not karate. It’s kung fu. They even say that in the movie.

      Yet they still called it The Karate Kid.

      • canthidium@lemmy.worldOP
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        8 months ago

        Yeah, it was fine but as an Asian American, the name bothered me. I dunno why they didn’t just call it “The Kung Fu Kid” and market it as a spiritual successor.