American Born Chinese, based on geneluenyang’s graphic novel, premieres today on DisneyPlus
expertise to the fast-paced, well-shot action scenes.) It all adds up to a worthy adaptation that breezes by with eight roughly half-hour episodes.The show finds its center with Jin Wang , a Chinese American high schooler struggling in every department: His crush seems unattainable; his parents are facing marital problems; his soccer friends may or may not be bullies; and he’s even turned into a meme.
So. Wei-Chen travels to Earth to find a crucial item that might help save Heaven against an uprising led by Niu Mowang, aka the Bull Demon . He enlists Jin’s help and, in turn, assists him with human issues like how to win over his teammates by participating in ridiculous challenges. They go through ups and downs, butsucceeds in developing a genuine, understandable friendship between the two. Every time the show returns to them, it hits the sweet spot between YA fantasy and grounded drama.
The emotional stakes actually feel higher with Jin’s parents. Christine and Simon deal with years of simmering tension, mainly because they solemnly adapted to a new country and focused on raising their son. Now, she wants more out of her existence, and he can’t even seem to ask for a promotion at work. Their plot is grounded in the reality of immigrant life and being pulled between two worlds. A similar thread is explored in Quan’s seemingly separate storyline.
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