A very ambitious, very meta police procedural spoof

'Interior Chinatown' review: A very ambitious, very meta police procedural spoof
So goes the internal monologue of Interior Chinatown protagonist Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), who works as a waiter in Chinatown. While Willis' musings about his role in life could just be the result of aimless angst, they are actually 100-percent true.
‘Interior Chinatown’ Review: Jimmy O. Yang Steps up in a Hulu Mystery Too Meta for Its Own Good
Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet also star in Charles Yu’s adaptation of his own acclaimed 2020 novel, about an unassuming waiter who gets caught up in a cold case involving his missing brother.
'Interior Chinatown' Review - Jimmy O. Yang Charmingly Leads a Metafictional Police Caper
Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) genuinely is a glorified extra in his own life, a background character in a police procedural who longs for the spotlight. Willis soon gets his chance after witnessing criminal activity that spirals well beyond what he bargained for,
Interior Chinatown Series Review
Interior Chinatown is a new Hulu miniseries by creator Charles Yu, who also wrote the award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Jimmy O. Yang as Willis Wu, a man who exists as a generic background character in the fictional police drama Black and White.
Jimmy O. Yang Shines in Excellent "Interior Chinatown"
"Interior Chinatown" is a visceral and biting satire of the minuscule and stereotypical roles Asian Americans had to play in American television while being an engaging neo-noir comedy. The bold liberties it takes fit the television medium pack a punch and only demonstrate Charles Yu's versatility as a creator. One of 2024's finest new shows.
Background player Jimmy O. Yang has main character energy in Interior Chinatown
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Hulu cooks up a campy, charming take on Interior Chinatown
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‘Interior Chinatown’ pushes AA+PI roles to the front and center.
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How ‘Interior Chinatown’ makes a striving, overlooked background character the hero
Basically, he’s kind of an NPC [non playable character], if you play video games, or a nonspeaking character on a TV show.
'Interior Chinatown' Satirizes Asian Roles In Hollywood... And Beyond Screen
A "meta" detective series in which a struggling Asian waiter becomes the unlikely hero of a police procedural-style criminal ...
Yang and Waititi premiere ‘Interior Chinatown’
Director Taika Waititi and writer and producer Charles Yu launched new series "Interior Chinatown" - starring in Jimmy O.
‘Interior Chinatown’ takes different look at familiar format
The new Hulu series “Interior Chinatown” deals with a fictional police drama called “Black & White.” Unlike all other ...
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Awkwafina arrived at the “Interior Chinatown” Los Angeles Premiere on Nov. 13 in an all-black leather ensemble complete with ...
‘Interior Chinatown’ premiere: Watch red carpet interviews with Taika Waititi and the cast of Hulu’s new limited series
Hulu rolled out the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of it’s new series “Interior Chinatown” on Wednesday night. The stars gathered at the Linwood Dunn Theater and Gold Derby’s Latasha Ford was ...