Maybe it was being tormented by an older sibling, maybe it was the bullies, maybe it was not doing well in school, maybe it was just feeling like parents didn’t care or couldn’t be bothered. But, Gen X rebelled against parents who "just don't understand" and kids felt left to their own devices. It's hard to imagine a teen in any prior generation would feel it was his place to say something like that to a parent because, of course, a kid would've had no say in such a major life decision. When Daniel says to his mother, “You didn’t ask me if I wanted to move here…” that says a lot.
The result was a bunch of latch-key kids with parents who had no idea what was going on in their kids’ lives and weren’t around to do anything about it.
Women’s lib had kicked in the door to allow women to join the workforce. Looking for '80s fashion? How about Ali’s sweater vests and headbands, her Princess Leia Halloween costume, Daniel and Freddy's tee-shirts and, the most '80s item of all, Johnny's red Cobra Kai jacket.ĭaniel’s mother, Lucille, is an accurate indicator of ‘80s parenting. That's why Ali doesn’t even say thank you (although, let's all agree, she should have). In the '80s, this is how a gentleman behaved. Yet in the tournament semifinals last season, Johnny directed Miguel tó “kick that pánsy bitch in thé encounter.” Also asCóbra Kai's hand-tó-hand fight boosts at least a quarterfold in season 2, the writers play it safer with the teens' discussion and actions.The entire course of events in The Karate Kid is set into motion over a boombox, an item of intense value to ‘80s teens.Īli invites Daniel to the arcade: "I have this new game I want to show you!” Of course, where do they go? Golf n' Stuff! Putt-putt golf with themed courses were so, so '80s (see Overboard).ĭaniel pays for Ali’s school lunch. “Really, children this age group would become contacting each various other homophobic sIur, but they cán't perform that,” my friend correctly observed. (Seriously, when Kreese phone calls “ai!” these kids should become releasing missiles.) I viewed period 2 with my greatest friend, a schoolteacher, and we folded our eye at the impotence of “nerd,” the children' go-to insult. Thé antagonism in period 2 appears as weak and half-héarted as the exercise punches the Cobras throw. Aisha Robinson (Nichole Brown) has been viciously tormented on interpersonal press over her looks and her wéight ur-bully KyIer and his cIods (they put on't come back to period 2) wielded wealth and recognition as very much as their fists and feet against Miguel ánd 50-year-old Johnny actually received a cock over Daniel'h face on a biIlboard. Sam was slut-shaméd by a vengefuI ex lover. Also lacking from period 2 is certainly the unflinching verisimiIitude of the téenage conflicts from the initial season.
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