Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O Yang and Ronny Chieng, flips the script on Hollywood by turning an unknown waiter into a star
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Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O Yang and Ronny Chieng, flips the script on Hollywood by turning an unknown waiter into a star

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Interior Chinatown is built around a genuinely funny, pointed conceit: what if, for once, one of the many Asian background characters in TV could finally become the lead? Fast facts about Interior Chinatown What: A Chinatown waiter living within a TV show unravels the mystery of his missing brother Creator: Charles Yu Starring: Jimmy O. Yang, Chloe Bennet, Ronny Chieng, Chris Pang Where: Out now on Disney+ Likely to make you feel: Disappointed It's a role seemingly made for Jimmy O. Yang, a gifted comedian whose own, real-life screen credits include "Person in Line" and "Chinese Teenager #1". True to the spirit of its source material – its author, Charles Yu, is also the show's creator – the overt deconstruction of Interior Chinatown intentionally prods questions about the inadequacies of Asian American representation in the entertainment industry. Where the depressing state of Asian stardom is ripe for a scathing critique, Interior Chinatown mostly offers an uninspiring affirmation that such problems exist, mistaking an identification of media tropes with genuine engagement.

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Interior Chinatown stars Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet can relate to being relegated to the background
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‘Interior Chinatown': Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters
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Chloe Bennet knows what it’s like to straddle two worlds, and not just in ‘Interior Chinatown’
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Jimmy O. Yang is finally No. 1 on the call sheet with ‘Interior Chinatown’
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