Sept. 17, 2016
Get ready for Episode 2! You better have done your homework, which was to watch Jessica Yu's Ping Pong Playa from 2007, starring Jimmy Tsai. This week, Ada learns that Ping Pong Playa is about more than the comedy of grown men wearing short shorts, but also the humor of Asian American men who overcompensate in attempts to prove their masculinity in a society that often desexualizes them. Brian learns that when Ada says she related to the scenes with the immigrant parents, it's partially about the sonic authenticity of the Chinese American accents (which generally gets messed up a lot), but mostly about that familiar tone of voice when you get yelled in Mandarin for being ridiculous. Ada also learns who Manu Ginóbili is.
Saturday School is a podcast where we teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history. First season will be about Asian American film comedies. 10 episodes will be released every Saturday at 8am, which is when we were forced to go to Chinese school as kids.
