![]() The super-powered simian is well-known across Asia like Batman or Spider-Man, according to Yu. The character first appeared in the epic 16th century Chinese novel, “Journey to the West.” The tome has been adapted several times including a memorable 1980s TV series created by China Central Television (CCTV). It won several accolades and was a National Book Awards finalist.įor many young Chinese American readers, it was the first time they had seen themselves and the Monkey King - a legend they likely heard about from their parents - in that genre. Reviews lauded it as a fresh take on adolescence, bi-cultural identity and racism. The graphic novel was landmark literature for Asian American millennials. We’ll take all that sort of education for an audience to get used to faces like ours and we’ll embrace it and move forward.” all the way up to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and shows like ‘Never Have I Ever,’” Yu said. “We’re standing on the shoulders of those kinds of things, going back to ‘Joy Luck Club’. The fourth and final season of “Never Have I Ever,” about an Indian American high schooler, drops in June. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an. Jenny Han’s two book series, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” have been hits for Netflix and Amazon Prime, respectively. Marvel” featuring a Muslim American female superhero. The television adaptation comes in the wake of other teen shows with an Asian American lens. ![]() I just feel like it’s someone who looks like me, which is double weird. ![]() “It’s very surreal and strange,” Wang said. ![]()
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