POSITIVES…
How much about Pat Morita do you actually know? Definitely watch this and find out.
Those archival footage and photos, especially ones you've never seen before, are just incredible.
Interviews with people who shared stories and thoughts about Pat Morita.
Good narrative that's based on Pat's manuscript of his autobiography, and from the perspective of his third wife Evelyn Guerrero-Morita.
Pat Morita as a comedian.
Mr Miyagi on the Karate Kid. Iconic.
Segments about the internment camps he lived in when he was young, and his twilight years. Heartbreaking.
"Why open a Chinese restaurant? Because Japanese food wasn't popular there?"
Social issues like racism and alcoholism are of course addressed, and importantly so.
Hearing Pat Morita doing voice impressions gave me big smiles.
NEGATIVES…
Essentially just a basic straight forward enough biographical documentary.
There's a huge segment dedicated to yellow face acting; while an important topic to address, it felt like a side plot that distracted from the overall focus on Pat Morita.
Kinda wished we got interviews with his children, or his first two wives.
Felt like it could have gone in even more depth than it actually did.
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More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story - watched it on VIDEO ON DEMAND
