No matter what I do, though, each week I struggle with the same traumatic memory:
Gymkata!
The mother to the left of me smiles as her young son lands perfectly off the trampoline. "The skill of gymnastics..." I think. My daughter does a round-off and effortlessly moves into a high toe-touch.
I smile. "...the kill of karate."
It's a whole room full of little Kurt Thomas' just waiting to become Jason Bourne.
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Ha! I remember being so damned excited to see this when it came out. Me and a fellow ninja-freak got the "mom drop off" and watched the whole thing. We were, well, a little underwhelmed. But that girl in it was hot though. What the hell was her name?!?
Tetchie Agbayani.
(I had to look it up!)
hmmm...maybe that's my next "Whatever happened to..."
Hilarious, TFG. I think you have a potential screenplay on your hands.
"He realizes that his little girl could also become a little weapon of justice..."
That's an excellent tag line, Ian. Now you got me thinkin'!
Sort of like Sky High. Except gymnastics. And..., well...karate.
(I may reconsider.)
Here's another one:
"He raised her to become a woman. She also became a weapon."
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