Beef is the latest in Asian American-led stories
Beef is a new Asian-led series on Netflix that follows the aftermath of a road rage incident between two strangers. Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) is a failing contractor with a chip on his shoulder. He goes head-to-head with Amy Lau (Ali Wong), a self-made entrepreneur with a picturesque life. The increasing stakes of their feud unravel their lives and relationships in this darkly comedic and deeply moving series.
The 10-episode series will make you feel a range of emotions. From anxious and uncomfortable and from hopeful to desperate. The show also has more than its fair share of WTF moments.
Beef also features newcomer Young Mazino, with familiar faces including Joseph Lee (Searching, Star Trek: Picard), Ashley Park (Joy Ride), Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy), David Choe (The Choe Show) and more.
Cold Tea Collective heard from some of the cast and creatives about this new Asian American drama.
How Ali Wong and Steven Yeun connect to their characters in Beef
Beef is written to make us interrogate our long-held beliefs about our values, boundaries and intergenerational trauma.
‘Amy’, played by Wong, is a successful entrepreneur who is looking for an escape from her seemingly picture-perfect life. She is the breadwinner in the family who came from humble beginnings. Her family is her motivator.
We asked the Chinese-Vietnamese American comedian about how this relates to her own life. Wong describes it as “that feeling where everything’s going wrong…and it’s just all piled on and you’re like, ‘I have no time to enjoy the things that I worked really hard for,’” Wong says. This theme of questioning what ‘having it all’ truly means is further explored in the series and what Wong often explores in her comedy…
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