From the L.A. Times Studios, this is Asian enough.

Every week on this podcast, we talk to one Asian American celebrity about the joys, the complications, and everything else that comes along with being Asian American.

I'm Frank Sean, and I'm Jen Yamato.

We know that the world feels crazy right now and that there's a lot on everyone's

minds. We recorded most of this podcast before our current national public health

crisis exploded so we hope that this show gives you a brief

break from the anxieties that we're all feeling right now and we'll have a bonus

episode for you

that takes a look at how the coronavirus is affecting our communities.

This week on episode two of our show,

we have our conversation with the thoughtful,

the fun, the fierce, the the powerful Lulu Wong.

She directed last year's film, The Farewell.

I knew that I didn't want to tell a story

that was biased and that was just and that exists only to prove my point of view.

That's not interesting.

So just to set it up, Lulu Wong's film The Farewell is the semi-autographical story of an American woman named Billy,

was played by Aquafina, who travels to China where her family is gathering under false pretenses

to say goodbye because they're keeping a very big

secret from Billy's beloved grandmother whom she calls Nainai. The Farewell won

the Spirit Award for Best Film. It won Aquafina a historic Golden Globe and it is one of the defining movies

about the Asian American immigrant kid experience. Yeah this movie kind of wrecked me and it kind of wrecked my dad too. I saw I watched it with him and I saw this tear roll down.

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