A lifelong occupant of Chinatown, Willis Wu has played bit parts in the scenes taking place around him. He's been Generic Asian Kid, Generic Asian Man, and even worked his way up to Ethnic Guest Star, though he's always fallen short of his true goal: Kung Fu Guy.
In this sharp and clever book, Yu uses a film script format to skewer Hollywood stereotypes and lay bare the everyday discrimination faced by Asian Americans. And it's ridiculously witty to boot. Consider this an early front-runner in my Best-of-2020 list.
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