Name: Ralph Macchio Recaps 'Cobra Kai' in 20 Minutes | Vanity Fair
Uploaded: 2021-01-01T18:35:05.000Z
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He and his mom moved from Newark, New Jersey

He needed that because he was being bullied

He would pummel Daniel LaRusso any chance he got.

He struck first, struck hard, with no mercy.

- [Group] Strike first, strike hard, no mercy sir.

at the All Valley Under-18 karate tournament,

for the ultimate showdown martial art battle,

when Johnny saves a Miguel Diaz from a group of bullies,

back in the day, is now kind of flipping the script on that.

Johnny Lawrence has been going further and further downhill.

that happened in 1984 was probably the best thing

that happened to Johnny in the last 30 years,

as he's tried to find his way through his adult life,

and he has spiraled further and further down,

in which this kid Miguel Diaz comes into his life

and actually is the spark that motivates him

Miguel Diaz is what we call our millennial Daniel LaRusso

He is a fatherless kid with a single mom,

trying to fit in, not necessarily well liked in school.

Miguel winds up being somewhat of a thorn in Johnny's side.

Johnny wants to be left alone, to just have his life,

and this kid, this nagging, questioning kid in Miguel Diaz,

Johnny does become a bit of a mentor to Miguel.

One of my favorite beats is when Miguel asks

how should he clean the windows at the dojo,

which is what Johnny Lawrence has grown up with.

- Well, you still got those golden locks, hey?

So the first time Johnny and Daniel see each other

after 34 years time is at Daniel's auto dealership,

- Oh, this is the guy whose ass you kicked.

but if you want to get technical, I kicked his face.

Daniel's all successful, happily ever after,

Johnny has a totally different perspective of LaRusso,

on auto dealership billboards and commercials.

For LaRusso, this is just a blast from the past,

even though this guy beat the crap out of him

and how different they are at that moment.

but never to the level after having 34 years

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