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LISTEN: Southern Fried Asian – Perry Yung
May 6 | 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
LISTEN: Southern Fried Asian – Perry Yung
Perry kicks off the podcast talking about his family moving to Texarkana, Texas to run a Chinese restaurant when he was a child (1:00). Then, he and Keith talk about how the Oscar-nominated film Minari resonated with them as Asian Americans who grew up in the rural South (14:00) and how opportunities to tell Asian American stories have changed since he started acting in the 1990s (17:30) before they return to Perry’s childhood in Texas and how he dealt with other people’s bigotry (23:00). Later, he shares what it means to be part of Bruce Lee’s legacy in the cast of Warrior (26:30) and working with first-time director Eddie Huang on his debut film, Boogie (34:30). Finally, Perry reveals what his favorite dishes at his family’s restaurant were (39:00).