“His journey in Hollywood really is symbolic of us as Asian Americans. The kind of roles that he was offered in the beginning to now having his own Hollywood star, it shows the kind of progress that we’ve made”
It’s as if the universe is trying to make up for all the racial discrimination the Asian American icon endured over the years.
“Then he would just talk in a very stoic pattern that’s supposedly Chinese,” Hong recalled. “That irritated me for many, many years.” “It’s never what you think it’s going to be, which is what’s so exciting about it,” Chun said. “It’s like you can try to hear it when you’re writing it on the page. But then when he does it, he brings that like unique spin to it that is just out of left field. And, frankly, just makes it better.”, which retains some of the dark and funny elements of the movie, also serves as avoice cast reunion. Ming-Na Wen, B.D. Wong, George Takei and Hong were all part of the 1998 Disney animated feature.
Gene Luen Yang, author of the “American Born Chinese” graphic novel and also a producer on the show, says Hong’s life epitomizes Asian American history.“His journey in Hollywood really is symbolic of us as Asian Americans. The kind of roles that he was offered in the beginning to now having his own Hollywood star, it shows the kind of progress that we’ve made,” Yang said.
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