I'm sure most of you have that older relative who tells the most inappropriate racist jokes, then laughs manically as if he said nothing wrong while your Vietnamese girlfriend tries to hold back her tears. Looks like the new Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino, is about one of those relatives.
Here's more from the USA Today article:
His Gran Torino character is Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran whose prized possession is a classic car that catches the eye of local gangs in his Detroit neighborhood. One of the troubled kids who covets the vehicle is from a family of Hmong immigrant neighbors, whom Kowalski has long resented.
The story comes down to two objects (three if you count the scowl): his 1972 Ford muscle car and his M-1 rifle.
"That's the weapon he has had left over since being in the service," Eastwood says. "And the same weapon I had when I was in the Army."
Eastwood also served during the Korean War, and though he wasn't in combat, he says: "I still know how to operate it. Field strip it …"
Do you guys know of any living Korean War veterans who don't hate Koreans? Is it me, or are Koreans the most hated among the Asian races, because every Asian person I know complains about them. I mean, not even Koreans like Koreans. Personally, I think they do a bang up job with my dry cleaning so I have nothing against them.
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