From Xerox to TV box, long awaited adaptation of 'American Born Chinese' book hits Disney+

Gene Luen Yang remembers feeling pumped in 2007 when Hollywood came calling about his trailblazing graphic novel “American Born Chinese.” But that excitement turned into exasperation when it became clear the interested party completely missed the point of the book.

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“We’re standing on the shoulders of those kinds of things, going back to ‘Joy Luck Club’ ... all the way up to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and shows like ‘Never Have I Ever.’” — executive producer Kelvin Yu

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TV--American Born Chinese scene — Michelle Yeoh, left, as Guanyin and Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) in a scene from "American Born Chinese."
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From Xerox to TV box, long awaited adaptation of 'American Born Chinese' book hits Disney+

After 17 years, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is seeing his American dream come true

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