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How to American : an immigrant's guide to disappointing your parents / Jimmy O. Yang ; foreword by Mike Judge.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.O99364 H69 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yang, Jimmy O., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yang, Jimmy O.
- Asian American actors--United States--Biography.
- Asian American actors.
- Asian American comedians--United States--Biography.
- Asian American comedians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood. "I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. My dad thought I was crazy. But I figured it was better to disappoint my parents for a few years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life. I had to disappoint them in order to pursue what I loved. That was the only way to have my Chinese turnip cake and eat an American apple pie too." Jimmy O. Yang is a standup comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley. In How to American, he shares his story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant who pursued a Hollywood career against the wishes of his parents: Yang arrived in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at age 13, learned English by watching BET RapCity for three hours a day, and worked as a strip club DJ while pursuing his comedy career. He chronicles a near deportation episode during a college trip Tijuana to finally becoming a proud US citizen ten years later. Featuring those and many other hilarious stories, while sharing some hard-earned lessons, How to American mocks stereotypes while offering tongue in cheek advice on pursuing the American dreams of fame, fortune, and strippers.
- Contents:
- 1 How to Asian 1
- 2 How to Immigrant 23
- 3 How to Thuglife 41
- 4 How to Get High 65
- 5 How to Stand Up 85
- 6 How to Strip Club DJ 111
- 7 How to Make It 131
- 8 How to Silicon Valley 153
- 9 How to Hollywood 181
- 10 How to American 205.
- ISBN:
- 9780306903496
- 0306903490
- OCLC:
- 1026501378
- Publisher Number:
- 99976134550
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