Monday, July 5, 2010

Jaden Smith's role in 'The Karate Kid' is a refreshing depiction of a black youth

By Lonnae O'Neal ParkerNUANCED: Jaden Smith as Dre Parker in

Forty-five minutes into "The Karate Kid," I looked around the theater, wondering if anyone else was marveling.

My 8-year-old son Satchel's eyes were glued to the screen. The story of unlikely friendship and triumph hit familiar notes, but I was seeing something new. Jaden Smith was playing a black boy in three dimensions: vulnerable, contemplative and in possession of a wholly formed interior world.  Read more...



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