American born chinese graphic novel7/6/2023 ![]() Destin Daniel Cretton brings to the first episode the same facility for blending together heartfelt drama and superhuman spectacle he showed in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. ![]() (And if the open-ended season finale is any indication, American Born Chinese is hoping to return for more seasons.) For the most part, its big ambitions yield big rewards. ![]() ![]() The new material turns what once felt like a personal story with potent metaphorical flourishes into something more like a superhero saga, all the better to fill up eight half-hour episodes that’ll sit alongside She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Ms. In this version, Wei-Chen has enlisted Jin on a quest to help his father, Wukong the Monkey King (Daniel Wu), foil a plot by the Bull Demon (Leonard Wu) against their heavenly empire - all while Jin struggles to balance schoolwork, soccer, a tense home life and a hopeless crush, each of which seems to leave him feeling inadequate in some way. But its core elements have been updated, remixed and expanded. ![]() The key ingredients of the source material remain intact with a narrative that braids together Jin’s earthly teenage woes, a Journey to the West-inspired fantasy epic and scenes of a classic sitcom featuring an offensive Asian stereotype (Ke Huy Quan). Cast: Ben Wang, Jimmy Liu, Daniel Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Ke Huy Quan, Sydney TaylorĬreator Kelvin Yu treats Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel less as a template for his series than a springboard. ![]()
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