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More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story


Pat Morita is a name of amazing actor and, as can know in devoted to him documentary, he was a wonderful person. Director of More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story wonderfully guided in narration. A film shows spectacular and curious photos, interviews with people knew performer (I was in satisfaction to see unchangeable James Hong.) and listen Pat Morita on himself. I didn’t like that overusing of conversation of actor’s wife Evelyn Guerrero on radio, which I could listen without watching documentary. A goal of research is show an individual. It is a defect, but More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story replenished me in knowledge by discovery facts of childhood and actor’s ties to Manzanar. Listening Morita, can see a time, which is gone now where was normal to imitate a Chinese accent. It depends where is right and where is an offensive what I saw in the documentary, which is wider than on person. About success and influence of Karate Kid. Outside of actor on that typecast is a damnation for artist. Reasoning on whitewashing touched Asian roles, but no said on performing of Indians and Negroes. Pat Morita started acting lately of these times and he who could more, but his unstoppable using of alcohol drinks was his destruction. I also found incorrect on three years in Hawaii before The Karate Kid offer, because role performer was always in activity. Just disagreements, which didn’t escalate dislike to one hour with a half of glued watching of documentary flick.

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