The film director John G Avildsen died a few weeks ago at the age of 81. He is best remembered as the director of Rocky, for which he won an Academy Award, and The Karate Kid. He also directed the overt anti-Afrikaaner propaganda film The Power of One. Yet it is the more subtle attack on White American values in The Karate Kid I wish to concentrate on. Avildsen cannot be held solely responsible for the film, as films are almost invariably ensemble productions. One must also look to the scriptwriter Robert Mark Kamen, who may or may not be Jewish, and producer Jerry Weintraub, who certainly is.
