In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club!
For this episode, we read and watched:
- Amy Tan’s original novel, published in 1989. Read it on Amazon or iBooks.
- The 1993 movie, directed by Wayne Wang, written by Amy Tan and Ronald Bass, and starring Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lauren Tom, Lisa Lu, Kieu Chinh, and Rosalind Chao. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.
Footnotes:
- Automated Dialog Replacement (ADR)
- Rosalind Chao’s portrayal of Keiko O’Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Ming-Na Wen’s portrayal of Melinda May on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Dr. Jing-Mei Chen on ER
- The Myth of Fingerprints