Women in general in the workplace Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown People that don’t conform to conventional Western beauty standards What are you looking for? Do you think you’re the only group to be invisible? There is even a children’s sing-along show at one point.Īs the story progresses and Willis begins to push against the boundaries that culture and entertainment and Chinatown itself have placed around him, he is challenged by other characters and the question of privilege is further explored. Yu explores racism and the place of Asian-Americans in the United States, using the cliches of cop thrillers and courtroom dramas. What if there is more? Can Asian Guy ever truly broke the mold of Chinatown and simply be seen as a regular guy? After two centuries here, why are we still not Americans? Why do we keep falling out of the story? Charles Yu, Interior ChinatownĪs Willis career seems to be heading in the right direction and things look better for him than ever before, he begins to question whether Kung Fu Guy really is everything he wants. Minor characters locked into a story that doesn’t quite know what to do with us. We’re trapped as guest stars in a small ghetto on a very special episode. If they’re lucky, they’ll be given some throwaway lines in the scenes starring Black & White. In Chinatown, this is the ultimate dream for young men who will otherwise be relegated to background characters. Willis has lived his whole life in Chinatown, dreaming of one day being Kung Fu Guy. Charles Yu uses film tropes and a screenplay style on the page to tell the story of Willis Wu. When it comes to a book like Interior Chinatown where the author is creating something so unique and different, I’m able to forgive a lot even when there are other weaknesses in the work.
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