Interior Chinatown
{4.5/5} “‘What are you doing?’ ‘Loading the truck.’ ‘We’re unloading.’ ‘Are you sure?'”
Interior Chinatown, aired in 2024
Willis Wu is a background actor in a TV show. Within the show, he’s working as a waiter — but he wants to do more. He witnesses an abduction. Then a detective comes into the restaurant and enlists his help — she wants a glass with fingerprints of a bad guy. Then she reveals that she’s looking into the disappearance of his brother from 12 years ago, and needs his help.
This is a mini-series.
Its humour and novelty will grab you from the 1st episode.
It has a weirdness to it, but it is enjoyable. It’s a bit like Free Guy, in that people don’t realize they’re in a TV show and they experience strange things.
It’s based on the novel by Charles Yu (How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe).
Taika Waititi directed the 1st episode.
Stars Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, and Chloe Bennet.
Created by Charles Yu (story editor on Westworld).