He’s often been the only Asian American in the writers’ room, the kind of experience that seeped into his subconscious as he was writing Interior Chinatown. We see Willis grow up and find success, struggling with the roles he must play, both on and off-screen.Ĭoincidentally, or maybe not, Yu has been writing for television for several years now his credits include Westworld, Legion, and the cult favorite Lodge 49. He lives with his family and friends in a cheap hotel above a Chinese restaurant, where people from a variety of nations and cultures are packed and labeled Asian. His goal is to work his way up from small roles, say, the corpse in a cop show that’s a lot like Law & Order, to a hero, Kung Fu Guy. That’s where the main character, Willis Wu, gets his designation Generic Asian Man.
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