J immy O. Yang had been trying to make it as an actor for years—cobbling together bit parts in network sitcoms, auditioning for nameless roles such as “Chinese Teenager #1”—when he was cast in a new ...

Interior Chinatown, based on Charles Yu's 2020 novel of the same name, has made its debut on Hulu this month. The ...

"Interior Chinatown" follows a man who lives in the background of a police procedural until his luck changes — a trajectory that resonates with Jimmy O. Yang ...

But Willis Wu, the Chinese-American character speaking ... Yang of Silicon Valley, Willis views himself as Generic Asian Guy No. 1 in somebody else’s network show – and does not expect ...

Yang), an aspiring actor who is perennially cast as a background character in the crime drama Black and White: Impossible Crimes Unit. He is either a “generic Asian man”, “delivery guy” or ...

Here are 12 SNL sketches they wouldn’t do today, thanks to changing standards of what’s funny. As the show marks […] The post ...

Stuck inhabiting the role of “Generic Asian Man” on police procedural series Black and White, but aspiring to break out and at least become “Kung Fu Guy,” he skulks around his uncle’s ...

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When the leads of the “show,” severe white female ... to so many Asian characters on TV and in the entertainment industry as a whole: Generic Asian Man. Delivery Guy. Tech Guy.

In “Interior Chinatown,” our main character ... as “Black and White” and the stars of their own hit crime procedural. When a ...

Charles Yu adapts his 2020 novel 'Interior Chinatown' into a Hulu series that struggles to turn an allegory into a show.