The Joy Luck Club w. Jessamine Chan

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

Film History, Film Reviews, Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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“You don't know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and I'm four years old again.” We discuss the The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan, Wayne Wang and a mountain of mom feels with the wonderful Jessamine Chan (https://www.jessaminechan.com/).You can find Jessamine (and her book The School for Good Mothers) online (https://www.jessaminechan.com/) here!You Are Good (https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/) is a feelings podcast about movies.You can buy a Vulnerability Kink shirt (https://www.bonfire.com/vulnerability-kink-34you-are-good34-shirts/) here!You can find us on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/youaregoodpod), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/youaregoodpod), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood) and Apple Plus (http://apple.co/yag).This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood) and Apple Plus (http://apple.co/yag).Multitude (https://multitude.productions/) handles our ad sales!The Music of You Are Good, Vol. 1 (https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1) is here.Miranda Zickler (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster) and Carolyn Kendrick edited this episode!Fresh Lesh (https://www.freshlesh.com/) produces the beats for our episodes.Liz Climo (https://thelittleworldofliz.com/) designed our logo!

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0:00.0	Hello you and welcome to you are good a feelings podcast about movies today we are talking
0:15.4	about the Joy Luck Club and we are talking about it with Jasmine Chen I am one of your
0:19.7	hosts Alex Steed I will soon be joined by my wonderful co-host Sarah Marshall the Joy
0:25.7	Luck Club is a 1993 American drama film about the relationship between Chinese American women
0:31.4	in their Chinese immigrant mothers it was directed by Wayne Wang the film is based on the 1989
0:38.2	novel of the same name by Amy Tan who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass the film was produced
0:44.2	by Bass Tan Wang and Patrick Markey while Oliver Stone served as executive producer
0:52.2	Jasmine Chen is great she's the former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly she lives in Chicago
0:58.8	and her first book The School for Good Mothers is out now it's doing quite well deservedly so
1:04.9	please check that book out buy it gift it get it from the library read Jasmine's words
1:12.5	and how are you doing everybody how is your life what are you thinking about what are you
1:17.0	reading what's going on let us know uh over on twitter.com uh at you are good pod let us know
1:25.2	on instagram at you are good pod I'm also on blue sky as Alex Steed I'm I'm hoping that that is a
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1:38.6	you forget it that you my friend are good you are good is made possible with your support thanks
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2:01.3	the people behind the show uh make a living is by way of the support that comes in through the show
2:07.1	we really appreciate it in in exchange for that support you get bonus episodes we have a new bonus
2:13.6	episode coming up this one's going to be about one of series in my favorite movies uh man hunter
2:19.4	and uh red dragon and that'll be out this month and then we'll see oh and then we're going to
2:24.8	get back into our sex in the city chats we have a good time in the bonus episodes but thank you so
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