Comedy
On this episode of Bubble Bath Stories, Nicky and Manny speak with long time friend to the gang Assistant Director Jon Wu. Jon has been in the film industry for 10 plus years, working his way from Production Assistant to his now position as an Assistant Director. As someone who's worked with some of hollywood's biggest names, he made time to soak and talk to us about his latest project “Tigertail.” “ Tigertail” is a multi-generational drama that tells the story of a man’s journey from Taiwan to American with a woman he barely knows or loves to present day relationship with his daughter who feels like they are complete strangers. Wu touches on how reading the script felt like he was reading his own family’s story. He talks about his own family’s journey as they immigrated from Taiwan to Queens, NYC. Jon also speaks on how language in the Asian community is anything but basic. The movie does a great job at differentiating languages via subtitles, something Wu points out is very real in most Asian communities. Your Grandparents may speak Tawianese, but your parents are fluent in Mandrian, and you speak with your siblings in English. Nicky is particularly blown away by this because she already thinks spanish is hard to learn, but having to be fluent in multiple languages to communicate with family members is unfathomable. For Wu, however this was a strength he bought to set. He was able to help direct one of the actors who only spoke Taiwanese. Nicky does mention that while doing research for the interview she came across reviews for the movie that complained the accents of the actors portraying Taiwanese characters were a BIG disappointment, and Jon’s mother was also on that bandwagon of criticism. When asked his opinion on that Jon responded “ I'm mixed with that. It’s a balance, do you want a really good actress with a name that's not from Taiwan or do you want a real Taiwanese person that's not so great… There aren’t a lot of superstars in Taiwan. You can’t perfect everything.” The conversation swifes through the notion of a film like “Crazy Rich Asians” where the cast is filled with big names in Asian Cinema, take away from the story of the film or is it seen more as a powerful assemblage of talent. You won’t want to miss his answer! To catch this Alan Yang film “Tigertail” just log onto your (or whoevers) Netflix account. To keep updated on Jon Wu and his projects follow him: IG: @chinitomendez And to keep up with with the head ducks in charge go to: Bubblebathstories.co FB & IG: @Bubblebathstories Nicky Trendz - IG @nickyTrendz Manny Oso - IG @gotnotime4diss