Saving Congee Restaurants For The Community
'Pam and Tommy', Ronny Chieng's new Netflix special, scroll to the bottom for a cute dog pic 🐶
Helllo club friends,
This week I made the mistake of watching ‘Jackass Forever’ and ‘Pam and Tommy’ on the same day, which means I’ve seen too many pasty butts and genitals. I’ve also been struggling through ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ but I might watch it all in one go when it all drops, seeing as everyone has been raving about the last few episodes!
🍿 What’s Shaking 🍿
🍿 Ronnie Chieng’s new comedy special is out, a 20 minute adventure which sees Chieng try to save a Chinese restaurant “for the community”, because we Asians are community orientated. It’s funny and there’s a cameo by Simu Liu too. I love Chieng’s brand of humour - super relatable and self deprecating.
🍿 The new series ‘Pam and Tommy’ (out on Disney+) is… kinda voyeuristic but it’s also kinda fun and wholesome? It stars an incredible Lily James (in different wigs, with a prosthetic forehead and boobs!) and Sebastian Stan. The series is based on this Rolling Stone article from 2014 and Probably unsurprisingly, Pamela Anderson didn’t give her blessing or respond to producers about the show.
The moral of the story is don’t be mean to Seth Rogan and remember to pay and thank the people you hire lest they steal your safe with your sex tape inside!!!
🍿 Comedian-turned-actress Awkwafina has addressed her use of a blaccent, saying she never meant to “mock, belittle, or to be unkind in any way possible at the expense of others.” She’s been called out before for her use African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and had addressed it earlier in October while on the press tour for ‘Shang-Chi’.
🍿 A nation mourns: Our beloved Aussie soap ‘Neighbours’ is being dropped by UK broadcaster’s Channel 5, meaning Channel 10 has to find another broadcast partner. Filming has been paused from this week.
🍿 Why is the trailer for the critically acclaimed ‘After Yang’ so emotional!!! And Colin Farrell is so… tender? The movie is about robotic children who are bought to use as live-in baby sitters and what happens when one becomes unresponsive and the family wants to save him. I love a good sci-fi that poses ethics and meaning of life etc questions. It really reminds me of ‘Never Let Me Go’ - a film I’ve only watched once because it’s so melancholic and sad.
🍿 Last Shakes 🍿
Interesting that ‘Fight Club’ author Chuck Palahniuk says the censored Chinese version of the film aligns it almost exactly with the book! Euphoria’s season 2 is shot entirely on Kodak Ektachrome film, it’s also been renewed for a third season. Looks like ‘Obi-Wan’ will be released in May 2022. New ‘Knives Out 2’ glimpse:
🐶 Pupdate 🐶
Round Head:
Warmest virtual hugs
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