41 －Telling Non-Stereotypical Asian American Stories in Hollywood w/Judy Jean Kwon (@YOMAMARICE) of MILFriend

Send us Fan MailHost: Kyle LeungPodcast LinktreeWhat Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpodGuest: Judy Jean Kwon https://www.instagram.com/yomamarice/?hl=enYoutube https://www.youtube.com/yomamaricedoesnotcookWebsite www.yoMamaRice.comWatch MILFriend www.Whohaha.com/milfriendJudy Jean Kwon, a Korean-American filmmaker/storyteller comes on the podcast to promote her latest project, MILFriend, a comedy series about crazy-ass MoMs in gentrifying Venice beach where culture, color and class CLash.She shares her experience working on MILFriend, a project that she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in and her experience working in the entertainment industry being an Asian woman looking to not play stereotypical Asian roles. In addition to that, we talked about her experience of not feeling like she fit in being Korean American growing up in California raised by her grandmother and her thoughts on Asian representation in media as a whole.  Judy is a super awesome storyteller looking to give voice to the voiceless and tell stories of the underdogs that are ignored. She is passionate about women's rights and immigrant stories. Please support her and her project!Thank you for listening and please consider subscribing to the podcast, following the podcast's Instagram, sharing this podcast with your friends and family and consider leaving a review and rating on Apple Podcast.Credits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/messageSupport the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod