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macchiatosdumptruck · 4 months ago

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And another thing-

I'm not a super big fan of the way that CK subtly reframes (through the perspective of other characters criticizing Daniel in story) Miyagi very obviously sharing his culture with Daniel out of mutual respect and affection as, instead cultural appropriation.

Why? For what purpose?

#do not get me started on the “dont be there. what. you couldnt even teach him English”#i Will start throwing rocks #ck negativity #i swear im not trying to be like thia but just i mean what #they did that to try to make him less sympathetic i think.#which. tbh. is bad writing.#ghe same way they flipped the script to Daniel being rich and johnny being working class to frame them against #each other. and in a situation where jt was obvious story telling shorthand which person you were SUPPOSED to find sympathetic #which. did NOT. need to be done. because it could've been very easy to humanize johnny #and flesh out his character. without trying to walk back or reframe his already canon characterization #because people and characters can be complex and are allowed to be more than one thing at once #which again. was better done in the first two seasons and then juat dropped?#what because they were worried the new fans werent smart enough to get it?#or because they were purposefully aiming to please those new fans who Did Not Get It #and just liked the classic rock and beer and jokes #the number of times uve seen “hes so un PC i love it!” no. like. a vwry big part of his character arc #in the first two seasons was that he was getting better about that! his entire thing with Miguel. “hes Dominican”#his entire thing like “oh. maybe violence isnt always the answer”#just to be like “lol psyche”#I would like to sit johnjoshhayden down and make them try to explain exactly why they made all these writing choices #disrespectful to the characters and the audience tbh #im fine lol

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