It’s a reality-bending satire that dissects the stereotypes, treatment and limited media representation of Asian Americans. While critiquing television crime dramas like CSI and Law & Order, Charles ...

The novel "Interior Chinatown" is formatted like a script, taking its title from the screenwriting convention of beginning scenes by indicating whether they take place indoors or out. Its author, ...

Weirdly, Charles Yu’s 2020 bestseller is tough to adapt for the screen because of its slick screenplay structure. His novel, Interior Chinatown, chronicles the identity crisis of an Asian man longing ...

Four years ago, Charles Yu published “Interior Chinatown,” a satire of Hollywood stereotypes and the angst of representation. Today, he’s the one in charge of writing the scripts, as showrunner of the ...

In the Hulu series “Interior Chinatown,” an average guy named Willis Wu works in his uncle’s Chinatown restaurant. Or so we think. Gradually, it’s revealed that he’s actually a TV character forever ...

Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) isn’t in the spotlight; a waiter at the Golden Palace restaurant in Chinatown, he’s someone nobody notices. “I feel like I’m a background character in someone else’s story,” ...

Charles Yu, the author of "Interior Chinatown" and showrunner of its Hulu TV adaptation, admitted he didn't think his 2020 novel could be adapted to screen when he was first approached with the idea. ...

Charles Yu studied pre-med in college and then worked as a lawyer before he published “Interior Chinatown” and adapted the book as a series. (Alia Yee Noll / Daily Trojan) Willis Wu is an extra on a ...

In Hulu‘s Interior Chinatown, we meet Willis Wu (played expertly by Silicon Valley’s Jimmy O. Yang). And Willis… he’s stuck. A waiter at the Golden Palace and a background character in police ...

If you were drawn to I mix of wit and heart, you'll find plenty to love in these food-centered TV shows. While the show focuses on identity and breaking stereotypes, food quietly plays a role in ...

Zosha Millman (she/her) manages TV coverage at Polygon as an entertainment editor, but will happily write about movies, too. She’s been working as a journalist for more than 10 years. Let’s be honest: ...

Charles Yu, the author of “Interior Chinatown” and showrunner of its Hulu TV adaptation, admitted he didn’t think his 2020 novel could be adapted to screen when he was first approached with the idea. ...