#Interior Chinatown

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cozy cardigan + shirt fully buttoned -> we've lost the cardigan -> slowly giving up on buttons

Progression of a press day outfit

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Chloe Bennet as Detective Lana Lee | "Interior Chinatown" 1x01 | "Generic Asian Man"

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Big day for Agents of SHIELD & Dropout TV nerds over on Interior Chinatown

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Background character starting to realize they ARE in a tv show meant as a background character after trying to open the door and then opened it when demonstrating it.

Incredibly life shattering.

good performance

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Chloe Bennet as Detective Lana Lee in Interior Chinatown Trailer

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Can we please talk about how Chloe's makeup department went from ignoring to accentuating her Asian features?

From this:

To this:

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The middle pic is cracking me up.

Interior Chinatown premier

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"Jimmy O. Yang, Chloe Bennet, and Ronny Chieng are trapped in a procedural in the first images from Interior Chinatown. They're characters on a TV show inside a TV show, with no way to escape. All ten episodes of the Hulu miniseries will drop on Hulu on November 19.

The new images give us a first look at Yang as Willis Wu, a background character in the Law & Order-like procedural TV series Black & White. He longs to become a more important character, but when he witnesses a murder, he finds himself becoming part of a larger world than he ever imagined. Helping him are Fatty Choi (Chieng), his best friend and a devotee of video games and malted beverages, and Detective Lana Lee (Bennet), a new lead character on Black & White. The series is based on Charles Yu's award-winning novel of the same name, which examines Asian-American stereotypes in the media with a humorous metafictional twist."

(via Collider)

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Taika on the set of Interior Chinatown (X)

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Chloe Bennet as Detective Lana Lee | "Interior Chinatown" Season 1 Trailer (1/3) / November 19th, 2024

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Interior Chinatown trailer release day!!!

I love it when Chloe plays the sexy badass.

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Interior Chinatown: A Sharp Satire That Challenges Stereotypes and Forces Self-Reflection

Interior Chinatown is a brilliant yet understated reflection of the world—a mirror that exposes how society often judges people by their covers. The show captures this poignantly with the scene where Willis Wu can’t get into the police precinct until he proves his worth by delivering food. It’s a powerful metaphor: sometimes, if you don’t fit the mold, you have to prove your value in the most degrading or unexpected ways just to get a foot in the door. The locked precinct doors represent barriers faced by those who don’t match the “majority’s” idea of what’s acceptable or valuable.

While the series centers on the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community and the stereotypical roles Hollywood has long relegated them to—background extras, kung fu fighters—it forces viewers to confront bigger questions. It makes you ask: Am I complicit in perpetuating these stereotypes? Am I limiting others—or even myself—by what I assume is their worth? It’s not just about API representation; it’s about how society as a whole undervalues anyone who doesn’t fit neatly into its preferred narrative.

The show can feel confusing if you don’t grasp its satirical lens upfront. But for me, knowing the context of Charles Yu’s original book helped it click. The production team does an incredible job balancing satire with sincerity, blurring the line between real life and the exaggerated Hollywood “procedural” format. They cleverly use contrasting visuals and distinct camera work to draw you into different headspaces—Hollywood’s glossy expectations versus the grittier reality of life.

Chloe Bennett’s involvement (real name Chloe Wang) ties into the show’s themes on a deeply personal level. She famously changed her last name to navigate Hollywood, caught in the impossible middle ground of not being “Asian enough” or “white enough” for casting directors. It’s a decision that sparks debate—was it an act of survival, assimilation, or betrayal? But for Bennett, it was about carving a space for herself to pursue her dreams.

Her character, Detective Lana, delivers a line that resonated with me: every previous role she’s taken has prepared her for this one. It’s a subtle nod to the way life’s seemingly disconnected experiences—barbacking, instructing, hustling��add up to shape us. Some people have step ladders handed to them, but for most of us, we have to earn the right to even get near the ladder, let alone keep the door open once we’re inside.

Interior Chinatown doesn’t just critique the system; it holds a mirror up to all of us, asking how much we contribute to that system—whether consciously or not.

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the way Lana drives so recklessly (and even left poor Willis on edge with it) reminded me so much of Daisy with Robbie's car 😭😭😭😫