American Born Chinese,
, a lot of questions were raised. How would Disney produce a television series based off a comic that boldly explores racism through stereotypes for a platform that designed to create uncontroversial family friendly content?High School Musical: The Musical: The Series . Fantastical action set pieces are wrapped around a sincere high school story about a kid who is just trying to find his way without having his race define him. The first two episodes of the series indicate that they expect it to be a roaring success, adding characters and expanding the potential of storylines so evidentially there can be a season 2 and beyond.
The series still uses the defining elements of the graphic novel: Jin Wang is a Chinese American teenager trying to find where he fits in a sea of white classmates. On his first day back to school, he’s saddled with Wei-Chen , a new Taiwanese student who is everything Jin is trying to distance himself from.
Packed with Asian and Asian American stars alike – recent Academy Award winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, with theirStephanie Hsu and James Hong, as well Ronny Chieng and Jimmy O. Yang promised for later episodes– the show is a rapturous display of incredible talent.
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