Just for Kicks: The Making of 'The Karate Kid' Page #3

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I ran into a pole.

Interesting pole.

- Dre? I'm back.

- That's my mom.

And the door handle's messed up.

- Are you ready for school?

- Yeah!

Hey, let me help you.

They have your favorite cereal here.

I found it.

Dre.

For the one hundredth time,

can you please pick up yourjacket?

- One second, Mom.

- No!

Not in one second. Now.

This program's about to be over.

- Give me two minutes.

- Dre, I don't care!

Come pick it up now!

God, how many times do I have to ask you?

Once.

- That's right, make it happen.

- What's it with you and this jacket?

- I'm sorry, what was that?

- Nothing.

Okay, just what I thought. Nothing.

Thank you.

No.

From the top again.

Okay. That's enough, please.

You're rushing it.

You must play the pauses.

Do you know how important this is

for your family?

What it'll mean for your life?

We have to work this weekend.

I'm calling your father.

Well, continue.

How'd that sound?

Almost like Chinese.

Yeah, I'm fluent.

And I don't know

what that guy was talking about.

I thought you sounded great.

Thank you.

So are you practicing for anything?

Like a show or...

Yes. I have an audition next month

for the Beijing Academy of Music.

Beijing Academy of Music.

Sounds important.

You know,

their initials spell "BAM."

What?

Yeah. Yeah.

Gotta go.

Hey.

Can I touch your hair?

Gonna do something?

Just stay away from us.

All of us.

Baby.

Dre, are you asleep?

Hey, can you sign this?

You're going to the Forbidden City?

I think it's funny that you have to get

my permission to go to the Forbidden City.

I got pull in Beijing.

That's not funny, Mom.

Cut it out, grumpy.

I'm serious, Dre, this ice cream,

I don't know what they do to it,

but it's more flavor-istic.

What?

Mom, this is you.

"Oh, my goodness,

this ice cream here is so good,

"and everything in China is

so much better than everything else..."

Mom, come on!

First of all, I don't sound like that,

and I don't move all like that.

We should've got you some ice cream,

it's really good.

- Mom, Mom, come on.

- Dre.

- Mom, come on!

- Wait!

Wait for me, Dre. Wait.

Mom, come on.

- Dre, wait!

- Stop!

- Wait, wait!

- Mom!

Boy, you gonna get a nut

for running from me.

Wow.

Kung fu.

What do you learn here?

No Weakness! No Pain! No Mercy!

What do you learn here?

No Weakness! No Pain! No Mercy!

Begin!

Hi, precious.

- Mom. Mom, come on, let's go.

- What? What? Dre, we just got here.

Come on, Mom.

Dre, what's going on?

Nothing.

Dre, what happened? What happened?

Nothing.

Something happened.

What, you don't like that karate class, baby?

It's not karate, Mom.

Okay, all right. Karate, kung fu, whatever.

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