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stormboundstars · 11 months

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I watched American Born Chinese, and it is an enjoyable series, honestly. It's silly and fun but it's also a show with a really big heart, it's a show that doesn't take itself too seriously but also makes a point to open important conversations regarding culture and identity, typecasting/stereotyping, the importance of speaking out for yourself, the struggle of breaking the glass ceiling in industries, etc. I also love the many references the show made to art/media forms, like the manga, sitcom, and xianxia, so it's like a study in intertextuality but also feels like a celebration of art. Overall, I could feel that this show was made with a lot of earnest love and thought, and I really hope it gets to tell its story in full!!

#american born chinese #disney+#michelle yeoh #ke huy quan #daniel wu #ben wang #jimmy liu #yeo yann yann #chin han #newt's notes

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stuff-diary · 11 months

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American Born Chinese

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

American Born Chinese (2023, USA)

Creator: Kelvin Yu (based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang)

Mini-review:

I loved this so much! Sure, it has its flaws, but its strengths far outweigh them. The show feels refreshing and almost groundbreaking thanks to the way it takes inspiration from Journey to the West and Chinese culture. With these elements, the show gets to tell a fantastic story about coming of age and finding your identity. It also tackles the topic of representation head-on, with a beautiful monologue by Ke Huy Quan in one of the last episodes. I can't think of many TV shows that talk so frankly about this, and American Born Chinese deserves big kudos for that.

But the main reason why this show is a hit is its cast. For starters, we have legends like Michelle Yeoh, the aforementioned Ke Huy Quan and Daniel Wu. Obviously, they are as great as anyone would expect from them. But the young cast also delivers: Ben Wang's comedic timing is perfect, and Jimmy Liu pretty much steals the show with an incredibly charming and adorable performance. On top of all this, the action scenes are fantastic, with amazing choreographies and very stylish and cinematic direction. Also, I thought this was supposed to be a limited series, but I guess it's not? I'm not complaining, cause I really enjoyed it, but I hope it's doesn't end up being cancelled.

P.S. Why the f**k is Disney+ not promoting the hell out of this? They have Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu from Everything Everywhere All At Once, plus Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed the Shang-Chi movie, and they are doing nothing to promote it. It's seriously baffling.

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spidderjuice · 8 months

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go Wei-Chen go!!!

#my art #american born chinese #Wei-Chen #wei chen #jimmy liu

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heartrender6 · 11 months

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ok i dont have pics but the way wei-chen dresses is SO taiwanese. the fanny pack across the chest?? the baggy ankle-length pants?? the fucking 3+ layers of shirts and jackets in that one episode?? the shoes?? they literally got the taiwan streetwear DOWN PAT its insane. and ofc jimmy liu is taiwanese so he probably had some input there but like im so happy rn

manifesting wei-chen in one of those massive puffy jackets that goes down to the knees in s2 🙏 🙏

#bishangzoy #american born chinese #jimmy liu #btw i dont actually live in taiwan but ive been there a lot bc i have family there

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eastasiansonwesternscreen · 2 years

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Michelle Yeoh is a mythological goddess in the new Disney+ series American Born Chinese. Based on the genre-hopping graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, Disney unveiled a featurette of the new series during the D23 Expo.

“It’s a lot of fun, it’s a log of magic, it’s a lot of badass action,” Yeoh says in the clip which you can view in the video above. Yeoh adds later on, “It is a magical ride and that’s what Disney+ is all about.”

American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.

Joining Wang are Yeo Yann Yann as Christine Wang, Chin Han as Simon Wang, Ke Huy Quan as Freddy Wong, Jimmy Liu as Wei-Chen, Sydney Taylor as Amelia with Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong “The Monkey King” and Yeoh as Guanyin.

Kelvin Yu (Bob’s Burgers) serves as executive producer and showrunner. Destin Daniel Cretton (Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is set to direct and serves as executive producer, alongside Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan (Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.), Erin O’Malley (Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.), Asher Goldstein (Short Term 12) and Gene Luen Yang. The Disney Branded Television series is produced by 20th Television, part of Disney Television Studios.

Guest directors for the show include Peng Zhang (Episode 4) and Lucy Liu (Episode 6).

American Born Chinese is expected to be released on Disney+ in 2023.

(via Deadline)

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fear-hope-soup · 11 months

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Jimmy Liu from https://www.justjaredjr.com/2023/05/08/jimmy-liu-sydney-taylor-ben-wang-premiere-new-series-american-born-chinese-at-radio-city-music-hall/

#Jimmy Liu #Guys

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rickchung · 4 months

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American Born Chinese (prod. Kelvin Yu).

Disney+'s series adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's acclaimed 2006 graphic novel takes an Asian-American approach to its Chinese mythological lore. How the Yu brothers and Destin Daniel Cretton translate ancient cultural touchstones to an all-American contemporary high school setting blends its pop culture material mostly fluidly, but also sort of flattens the source materials cultural appeal.

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mxdwn · 1 year

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Disney+: ‘American Born Chinese’ Official Trailer Released

https://television.mxdwn.com/news/disney-american-born-chinese-official-trailer-released/

#disney #american born chinese #disney +#Gene Luen Yang #Michelle Yeoh #Sydney Taylor #Ke Huy Quan #Jimmy Liu #karate #martial arts #Ben Wang #daniel wu #Yann Yann Yeo #chin han #mythical #gods

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thenerdsofcolor · 1 year

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'American Born Chinese' Teaser Announces Full List of Guest Stars

The cast of Disney’s live-action adaptation of American Born Chinese was already stacked with the likes of Academy® Award-Nominees and Golden Globe winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joining Ben Wang (“Chang Can Dunk”), and two-time International Emmy® Award nominee Yeo Yann Yann (“Wet Season”), Chin Han (“Mortal Kombat”), Daniel Wu (“Reminiscence”), former…

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#American Born Chinese #Ben Wang #Chin Han #Daniel Wu #Disney+#Gene Luen-Yang #James Hong #Jimmy Liu #Jimmy O. Yang #Ke Huy Quan #Michelle Yeoh #Poppy Liu #Ronny Chieng #Rosalie Chiang #Stephanie Hsu #Sydney Taylor #Yeo Yann Yann

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jetslay · 10 months

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"My Adventures with Superman" art by some of the artists behind the show.

(In order: Jane Bak, Sarah Doo, Alaine Baybayan, Richard Suh, Michael Nanna, Caroline Chiou, Karen Guo, Grace Liu, Vivian Ha, and Jake Wyatt)

#My Adventures with Superman #Superman #Lois Lane #Clark Kent #Clois #Jimmy Olsen #Jane Bak #Sarah Doo #Michael Nanna #Caroline Chiou #Karen Guo #Grace Liu #Vivian Ha #Jake Wyatt #DC Comics #Adult Swin #art

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atomboyz · 1 year

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Boyz on a Mission: Christmas Party (Saturn)

Part 1 | Part 2

#boyz on a mission #少年出任務 #atom boyz #原子少年 #saturn #土星 #marvin chen #陳水豐 #elvis tang #唐立杰 #lany lu #呂植宇 #jimmy liu #劉新民 #jun wei #峻瑋 #*youtube

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brianwithanh · 1 year

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Hey! I haven’t posted in a year, and haven’t posted with any regularity since Star vs the Forces of Evil ended in 2019 because, let’s be real here, the SVTFOE fandom was the reason I started posting on here in the first place. But that ends now! (Well, for today, until I am legally allowed to tell you more.)

Over the past year I have been writing songs and some preliminary score for an upcoming Netflix series called Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, continuing my monopoly on animated series with “vs” in the title. It was just announced yesterday, and you can read about it here.

But if you don’t feel like clicking away, here’s the gist:

• Created by the brilliant and wonderful Echo Wu, who is also the showrunner

• Stars Ali Wong as the title character (and who is also an executive producer). Also starring Bowen Yang, Lucy Liu, Jimmy O. Yang, Sheng Wang, Lori Tan Chinn, and K-pop idol Woosung.

• Plot synopsis! “[Ali] Wong will voice Chinese American teen Jentry Chau, who, while living in a small Texas town, discovers a demon king is hunting her for the very same powers she’s worked to repress her entire life. As a result, Jentry must balance the horrors of high school and fighting an underworld’s worth of monsters. But she’ll get a little help from her weapons-expert great aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi, also known as a Chinese hopping vampire.”

From what I have seen and worked on so far, the show is amazing and unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and I can’t wait for you all to watch and hear it. (Probably next year? Not sure.) There are a ton of original songs, and there will also be an official album release, and get ready, because we are going HARD.

#netflix #aapi #aapi representation #jentry chau vs the underworld #jentry #ali wong #bowen yang #lucy liu #woosung #jimmy o. yang #jentry chau vs. the underworld

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heartrender6 · 11 months

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manifesting jimmy liu as kuwei for the soc spinoff