How to American

Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO s Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand up comedy My dad thought I was crazy But I figured it was better to disappoint my parents for a few years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life I had to disappoint them in order to pursue what I loved That was the only way to have my Chinese turnip cake and eat an American apple pie too Jimmy O Yang is a standup comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley In How to American, he shares his story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant who pursued a Hollywood career against the wishes of his parents Yang arrived in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at age 13, learned English by watching BET RapCity for three hours a day, and worked as a strip club DJ while pursuing his comedy career He chronicles a near deportation episode during a college trip Tijuana to finally becoming a proud US citizen ten years later Featuring those and many other hilarious stories, while sharing some hard earned lessons, How to American mocks stereotypes while offering tongue in cheek advice on pursuing the American dreams of fame, fortune, and strippers. 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Yang – kino-fada.fr I was pleasantly surprised by this book, it was funny and smart and ended before I was ready to be finished with it I found myself enjoying it a lotthan I expected to, as I d never heard of Jimmy O Yang, or seen anything he s been in prior to getting it.Lucky for me, it turned out to be a good experienc...Jimmy O Yang recounts his life as an immigrant from Hong Kong to California and then as a stand up comedian and actor in Silicon Valley thus far Dude s only 30 However, subtitle s accurate Quite a bitsexual objectification than I was anticipating To be fair, Yang worked in a strip joint as a DJ To be a littlehonest, his humor does rely heavily on Asian stereotypes which he knows, as he acknowledged in his debut on the Arsenio Hall show in 2014 I have never seen Silicon Valle Jimmy O Yang recounts his life as an immigrant from Hong Kong to California and then as a stand up comedian and actor in Silicon Valley thus far Dude s only 30 However, subtitle s accurate Quite a bitsexual objectification than I was anticipating To be fair, Yang worked in a strip joint as a DJ To be a littlehonest, his humor does rely heavily on Asian stereotypes which he knows, as he acknowledged in his debut on the Arsenio Hall show in 2014 I h...I don t review nonfiction a lot so I ll need to forgo my normal structure and just give you my thoughts.I enjoyed the book, O.Yang has a unique voice and his story is one that is familiar to a lot of success stories in Hollywood eating ramen, barely getting by But because he s Chinese and he came from where I came from I understood it a bitof the drive that he had and the trails and tribu...This was a quick, entertaining read Loved the cringe worthy pictures included in here The book delivered exactly what was promised I do wonder who this book is for It s poised as a how to guide for disappointing your parents, but if you re an immigrant, you probab...This book is absolutely hilarious Pretty much reminds me of my Asian friends His experiences in LA are actually pretty crazy Great point of the book is to never give up I need to catch up on Silicon Valley.Hilarious But Also Full Of Interesting Stories4.5 out of 5 starsI didn t realize just how much I was going to enjoy this book until I was in tears from laughing on my way into work I listen to audiobooks in my car and this was absolutely hilarious So funny especially the chapter about working with T.J Miller that I think people thought I was crazy in my car.Jimmy O Yang better known as Jian Yang on the hit tv show Silicon Valley came to America as a young child He spent his early childh Hilarious But Also Full Of Interesting Stories4.5 out of 5 starsI didn t realize just how much I was going to enjoy this book until I was in tears from laughing on my way into work I listen to audiobooks in my car and this was absolutely hilarious So funny especially the chapter about working with T.J Miller that I think people thought I was crazy in my car.Jimmy O Yang better known as Jian Yang on the hit tv show Silicon Valley came to America as a young ch...Jimmy has navigated a lot of interesting experiences and I m pleased for his success Not just in this book, but in his life, he needs to reconsider his frame of reference for every interaction he s had with female human beings Throughout his narrative we are solely mentioned as hot or not, and how his supposed inability to score us somehow relates to his status as a comedian, an Asian immigrant, or with himself It s a sad, creepy undercurrent to an otherwise charming book I m still torn be Jimmy has navigated a lot of interesting experiences and I m pleased for his success Not just in this book, but in his life, he needs to reconsider his frame of reference for every interaction he s had with female human beings Throughout his narrative we are solely mentioned as hot or not, and how his supposed inability to score us somehow relates to his status as a comedian, an Asian immigrant, or with himself It s a sad, creepy undercurrent to an otherwise charming book I m still torn between thinking he had some douchebro editor egging him on to throw weird 80s sex comedy comments in there though he s kind of from the wrong generation , that the wrong 90s BET comics informed this material, or that it seems to lan...I picked this up because I love the author s character on Silicon Valley and I was interested to knowabout him I also enjoy memoirs about the immigrant experience and thought this would be an interesting ...I enjoyed reading most about his return visit to Hong Kong, his personal reflections on identity and belonging Even tempered with self deprecation, the rest is a little bit too in the belly of noxious standards of...If you like standup, if you relish learning about how foreign ethnic backgrounds manifest in American society and if you re a fan of Silicon Valley HBO , then you re like me And if you re like me, you re gonna love this book The audiobook made me cry with...

• English
• 24 April 2018
Jimmy O. Yang
• Hardcover
• 240 pages
• 0306903490
• Jimmy O. Yang
• How to American