The Best of Kim's Convenience
Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience provides a lighthearted look into the tribulations of the Korean-Canadian Kim family, consisting of Sang-il and Yong-mi Kim, the traditional immigrant couple who runs the eponymous convenience store; their charismatic estranged son Jung, a former delinquent now working at Handy Car and Truck Rental; and their outspoken daughter Janet, a college student majoring in photography. Kim’s Convenience debuted as a play in 2011, which the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adapted into a sitcom – with Ins Choi and Kevin White as showrunners – beginning in 2015. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon reprised their respective roles of Mr. and Mrs. Kim for the TV show, which usually focuses on the cultural and generational conflicts the Kims experience both within their family – rounded out by Chinese-Canadian Simu Liu and Andrea Bang as Jung and Janet – and with their diverse array of Toronto friends and neighbors.
Kim’s Convenience’s accolades prompted Netflix to start importing the sitcom to the US in 2018, allowing me to start watching it the following year. As a compelling Asian-American-centric work that seemed in need in 2020 of a larger American fanbase, my favorite episodes from the first two seasons seemed like apt choices for the subjects of my first non-Marvel review. I went on to discuss select episodes from seasons 3-5 as well.
The Best of Kim's Convenience (S1-S2) (May 12, 2020)
The Best of Kim's Convenience (S3-S4) (May 24, 2020)
The Best of Kim's Convenience (S5) (June 28, 2021)
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I have mixed feelings about Code 8: Part Two.
Whilst Part Two took a bit of a darker turn (when compared to Part One)... the story itself has been done before in other movies.
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DAY6_BEHIND
We'll always go back to each other 🏠
Thanks to My Day's bright smile
DAY6 is ready to run again! 🤗
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Binge-Watched the entire series of Kim's Convenience during this week off from work
(One season per day)
It's been a long time since a TV show has made me laugh so hard in one scene... then had my crying in another scene.
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