But after this Jintroduction and the upcoming moment with Wei-Chen and SunWuKong the Monkey King, we spend nearly the WHOLE rest of the episode in a new world and tone. The Easter egg that Jin has “Spawn” bedside might hint at the devil’s bargains and metaphysical wrangling of the rest of the episode. The creators involved suggest this is no mere aside or breather but central to the story: central as 4th of 8 episodes, central in themes, and central to the pace and purpose of the season arc.īut audiences can be forgiven for wondering what happened to the main story, as we open with Jin waking up post-soccer-team-hazing, his parents gearing up for the day’s ambitions, and Jin soaking in his classmates’ ovations for his (and Wei-Chen’s) masterful toilet-paper job of their rival school. And the episode’s writers are credited, like all other episodes, as Gene Yang (the graphic novel’s creator) and Kelvin Yu (showrunner), along with Aaron Izek. Director Peng Zhang was fight coordinator on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and a big-name stunt performer, but directs this only episode so far without a clear martial arts scene. The episode seems quite intentionally situated here, after we’ve had three episodes to meet characters and care about the mounting drama. This is the lowest-rated episode on IMDB (I have no idea how those scores are devised and give them little credence), but I personally applaud the risks the creators took on this one. Just when we’ve gotten used to the intertwined plotlines of teenager Jin Wang (Ben Wang), Monkey Prince Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu), Jin’s parents (Yann Yann Yeo and Simon Wang), and the uprising in the heavens contested by Guanyin (Michelle Yeoh), the Monkey King (Daniel Wu), and the Bull Demon (Leonard Wu)… This week we crash the FOURTH episode of American Born Chinese, “Make a Splash.” The show hits its first season midpoint with an episode that detours in setting, structure, and story. A celestial party that echoes our earthbound ambitions.
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