Because he isn’t the loudest person in the room, critics often ignore a particular type of character in television. Tanner Buchanan’s character Robby Keene, who appeared in all six seasons of Cobra Kai, was just that kind. Not the lead. Not quite the antagonist. The most interesting people tend to end up somewhere in the challenging middle. The name “Robbie Keane” is frequently confused with Cobra Kai by casual fans, who occasionally confuse it with the real Irish football legend of the same name. It’s a minor, unintentional peculiarity; years ago, a Reddit thread noted that the name sounded strangely…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
Of all the shows in the streaming era, Cobra Kai has had one of the most bizarre journeys. It began on YouTube Red, back when YouTube was actually attempting to become a television network, and it quietly developed an almost underground fan base. After Netflix acquired it, the show that karate enthusiasts had been sharing links to became widely available. After six seasons and the completion of the last chapter, it’s worthwhile to cut through the clutter and simply state that you watch Cobra Kai on Netflix, and that’s basically where the story starts and finishes. If you already have…
Inside the Cobra Kai dojo, three brief commands are painted in bold letters on a wall. These commands have managed to survive six television seasons and two movie sequels. “Start with a strike. Make a powerful strike. No compassion. Those were the villain’s words for the majority of the first Karate Kid. They stood for brutality, intimidation, and everything Daniel LaRusso was not. Decades later, however, those words are still being printed on t-shirts, gym bags, and inspirational posters. The question of why is worthwhile. According to reports, John Kreese, a Vietnam veteran who centered his entire martial arts philosophy…
However, there is a type of business case that doesn’t involve theft or fraud in the usual sense but still makes an organization much worse off. That’s exactly what the lawsuit between Mara Corporation Sdn Bhd and its former group CEO, Datuk Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, is. It’s happening more slowly and in a more formal way, but it’s still very bad. A recent decision by the Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the High Court that Badlisyah was responsible for breaking his fiduciary and contractual duties. The decision was written by COA judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, and…
After attending a friend’s movie premiere the nite before, she arrived at the audition hardly rested. No big plan. No meticulous ritual of preparation. Peyton List showed up, gave it her all, and, to her own admission, winged it. Despite this, the casting team adored her. That’s how Tory Nichols came to be, and in a way, it also marked the quiet start of a new phase in List’s career. It’s important to pay attention to that particular detail because it reveals something genuine about how these things occasionally operate in Hollywood. List didn’t think he would be cast as…
A lawsuit against In-N-Out Burger for religious discrimination reads almost too strange to be real. This chain puts Bible verses on its soda cups and fry boats. The cups have John 3:16 on them, and the wrappers have Proverbs 24:16. It has always been open about being Christian, even proud of it. A civil complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by a former worker named Arianna Rodriguez, on the other hand, says that the same company made it harder for her to work because of her religious duties. Rodriguez worked as a cook at the chain’s East Carson…
The J. Edgar Hoover Building is no longer in good shape. Nets are strung around the outside to keep people walking by safe from falling objects. This is not exactly the image that Pennsylvania Avenue’s top police agency wants to project. In Washington, DC, everyone has known for about 20 years that the building had to go. No one could agree on where the FBI should go instead. The debate, which has been going on for more than fifteen years, got even more complicated this week when a federal judge stopped the Trump administration’s plan to move the FBI into…
John Kreese sits quietly near the end of Cobra Kai’s last run and remarks, almost to himself, that he realized this far too late. It’s a brief scene. subtle. And for some reason, it lands more forcefully than anything the character has done in six seasons of dojo politics and karate fights. That’s Kreese’s peculiar power: after decades of being the antagonist, the character’s eventual admission made you feel something. Although Kreese began in the original Karate Kid movies, he is not the same character in Cobra Kai. He was essentially set dressing for teenage rivalry in 1984, with his…
Most people’s attention went straight to Inde Navarrette when Nick Aiello and her were seen walking out of Chateau Marmont together in August of last year. But it was hard to ignore something else. He was big. Unquestionably tall—tall enough that you can see it in a paparazzi photo taken from across a West Hollywood parking lot. At 6’3″ and 200 pounds, Nick Aiello has a strong physical presence that makes people notice him before he even speaks. The official talent profile for Nick Aiello says that he is 6 feet 3 inches (191 centimeters) tall and has an athletic,…
Samantha LaRusso is paralyzed and sitting in her room at one point in the middle seasons of Cobra Kai. Not by anything tangible—everyone is aware of her fighting prowess—but rather by the recollection of a school hallway becoming a battlefield. Most action-packed television programs would skip over this kind of scene in a single episode. Cobra Kai didn’t feel comfortable staying with it for very long. Even though the audience wasn’t quite prepared to do the same, that choice demonstrates how seriously the show took Sam as a character. It’s easy to underestimate the weight that Mary Mouser’s character, Sam…