The Karate Kid | The Imperial '80s Episode 42

One of the massive cultural products aimed at teens and children in the 1980s, 1984's The Karate Kid increased a trend of USAmerican fascination with Martial Arts that rose in the 1970s with the breakthrough success of Bruce Lee, and spawned legions of McDojos across the country. We'll dissect the movie that was an inescapable cultural force in the 1980s and 1990s and continues to spawn sequels and spinoffs to this day, including the Johnny Lawrence centered reboot Cobra Kai. To support The Imperial '80s and gain access to bonus episodes become a patron at   / imperial80s