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Is Johnny the Real Hero of The Karate Kid?


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Yes, he goes to a scarily named dojo, and Daniel has that Bananarama song to make him all sympathetic. But what if we looked at it from Johnny’s point of view? Might he not have been trying to contain a danger to society and his demon-sorcerer mentor?

You will not be surprised to learn that one man believes this to be the case. So let J. Matthew Turner explain, with appropriate clips.