Gradually, it’s revealed that he’s actually a TV character forever trapped in the background of a police procedural. Created by Charles Yu, adapting his 2020 novel, the rules of the premise are never exactly clear,

There’s no escaping the layers of meta around “Interior Chinatown,” an adaptation of Charles Yu’s award-winning satirical novel that jabs at how Asian American men have been treated by Hollywood —

The Hulu series unfolds in a Chinatown that “is both physical and psychological,” said Charles Yu, the creator. Here’s a look at how four key settings bring the story to life.

Interior Chinatown offers a fun, over-the-top exploration of police procedurals, as well as what it means to be Asian-American.

While the series’ narrative differs from the novel, Yu, Interior Chinatown‘s showrunner, translates his unique screenplay formula into something of a visual treat. Purposely whimsical and meta, the lighting,

Charles Yu adapts his award-winning novel into a series that is both starkly different from the original and frustratingly familiar.

Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet also star in Charles Yu’s adaptation of his own acclaimed 2020 novel, about an unassuming waiter who gets caught up in a cold case involving his missing brother.