Alan Yang on Tigertail, Master of None and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Director and writer Alan Yang is probably best known for co-creatoring the hit Netflix series "Master of None" and his impressive comedy writing credits on shows like Parks and Recreation. But his newest endeavor, Tigertail – a film he wrote and directed that's loosely based on his family's immigrant experience – breaks from comedy. Alan joins us to talk about "Tigertail," about his childhood growing up in Southern California, and how finding the Harvard Lampoon changed his life.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.7	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:21.7	There's a new movie hitting Netflix this month.
0:23.8	It's called Tiger Tail.
0:25.7	He focuses on a father and his daughter.
0:28.4	There's the father Grover.
0:30.0	He's played by the great Ty Ma.
0:32.3	He was born in Taiwan, moved to the US as a young adult.
0:36.1	His quiet, reserved, and stubborn.
0:39.4	His daughter, Angela, is played by Christine Co.
0:42.4	She was born in the US and despite the challenges they have connecting with each other, they
0:47.2	have a lot more in common than either would like to admit.
0:50.6	The film follows Grover's life story.
0:53.2	When he came to the US, what it was like, what he left behind, and the pain that he
0:57.6	carries with him.
0:58.6	It's a moving and beautiful film written and directed by my guest, Alan Yang.
1:03.5	Alan is ordinarily a comedy writer.
1:06.3	He was a longtime writer and producer on Parks and Recreation.
1:09.8	He co-created the Azizan Sari show Master of None and the Amazon comedy Forever.
1:15.8	Tiger Tail is the first film he's written and directed.
1:19.1	And even though it's highly fictionalized, the story it tells is deeply personal.
1:24.4	Yang's parents are Taiwanese immigrants themselves.
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