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

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
4 months ago

Interior Chinatown stars Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet can relate to being relegated to the background

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When Chloe Bennet changed her surname from Wang to her father's Christian name, she says her fortunes in Hollywood changed immediately. 'It's a meta commentary on a television program' Bennet stars as Detective Lana Lee in Interior Chinatown, a series based on the award-winning Charles Yu novel of the same name. "In Australia, I think it's tough to be a …

‘Interior Chinatown': Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters
4 months ago

‘Interior Chinatown': Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters

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Jimmy O. Yang once played “Chinese Teenager #1.” He’s now No. The episodes are full of nods to cop dramas such as “Law & Order.” They also evoke scenes from ‘80s and ‘90s U.S. action-comedies structured around one of the co-leads being Asian and knowing martial arts — think “Rush Hour” and “Martial Law.” But it wasn’t a youth spent …

Chloe Bennet knows what it’s like to straddle two worlds, and not just in ‘Interior Chinatown’
4 months ago

Chloe Bennet knows what it’s like to straddle two worlds, and not just in ‘Interior Chinatown’

LA Times  

Chloe Bennet co-stars in Hulu’s “Interior Chinatown,” Charles Yu’s series based on his novel of the same name. If a show wanted to have people give some vague whiff of ethnicity, then they could cast someone and push them in whatever direction.” Charles Yu, author of “Interior Chinatown” and creator of the TV series, on casting Chloe Bennet for the …

Jimmy O. Yang is finally No. 1 on the call sheet with ‘Interior Chinatown’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Jimmy O. Yang is finally No. 1 on the call sheet with ‘Interior Chinatown’

LA Times  

To help him prepare for his role as an overlooked Asian American everyman in “Interior Chinatown,” Jimmy O. Yang bought a $1,500 used Toyota Corolla and drove it around Los Angeles. In the surreal “Interior Chinatown,” which Yang aptly describes as “‘The Twilight Zone’ meets ‘Law & Order,’” Yang stars as Willis Wu, a waiter at a seedy Chinese restaurant …

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