Luckily, their selections look perfect, with the likes of the aforementioned Stephanie Hsu playing Kat, Ashley Park ( Emily in Paris) playing Audrey, Sherry Cola ( Good Trouble) playing Lolo, Debbie Fan ( Magnum P.I.) playing Jenny, Desmond Chiam ( With Love) playing Clarence, Alexander Hodge ( Insecure) as Todd, and David Denman ( The Office) and Annie Mumolo ( Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar) as Audrey's adoptive parents. With just how popular the current crop of Asian-American talent is, it will be integral that the casting team of Joy Ride has made the right decisions. The film will still likely deal with deeper themes, with "identity" and "self-discovery" already hinted at in the synopsis above.įor any comedy, the ensemble cast is a make or break for the success of the film. The plot screams quintessential comedy gold, with the potential madness these characters could end up in enough to make anyone excited about its release. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.” When Audrey’s business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star and Deadeye, Lolo’s eccentric cousin. "The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. So, with that in mind, here is the official plot synopsis of Joy Ride: However, the plot is the backbone of any great movie, and some of comedy's best modern showings rely heavily on their narrative.
With a comedy of this style, the plot can often be overlooked for the hilarious set pieces or various quotable moments. The talent of Asian-American actors has long been overlooked by Hollywood, and now stars like Michelle Yeoh are getting their plaudits. This sudden rise in representation has been a long time coming, and many expect the trend to grow increasingly over the following years. More recently than all of these, was the incredibly dominant display by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 2023 Academy Awards, with the film winning a total of seven awards. In 2021 Marvel Studios released their first Asian-led superhero film with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which was a massive box office success in the Pandemic era. Chu's Crazy Rich Asians was released to great critical acclaim, which was quickly followed by the famous 2020 Best Picture win for Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite, at the Academy Awards, making it the first-ever foreign language film to win the star prize. Asian characters are often seen as straight-laced, and in Joy Ride, there's space for even the most demure people to let loose, to say the very least.The battle for greater Asian representation in modern Hollywood has been long fought, with only recent years finally starting to show the tide potentially turning. And the emphasis really is on raunch, which adds just another layer of representation. are here to show that there's plenty of room for an Asian-led (and directed and written) raunchy comedy. We've gotten a blockbuster Asian-led rom-com with 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, everyone championed the Asian-led sci-fi masterpiece Everything Everywhere All at Once, and now, Park and Co.
But because the film is so clearly written by Asian people (though there's something for every viewer, rest assured), the jokes land with a laugh and not an eye roll. Audrey is a very successful lawyer and at one very poignant part of the film, a character ticks off the laundry list of aspirational vocations, including doctor and lawyer. The film, written by the de facto very loud Asian family of Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao, and Adele Lim, plays on Asian stereotypes.
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