![]() ![]() In “Easter Sunday,” Filipinos are portrayed as monolithic. For a native Filipino speaker, the cadence may come across as clunky, as the dialogue struggles to capture the linguistic nuances of Filipino English. Most of the Fil-Am actors in the film, especially Lydia Gaston who plays Joe’s mom, actually put on heavy Filipinized accents while speaking in straight English. Fictional Joe is close to bagging a sitcom role, but hesitates over the opportunity because the show wants him to do an “accent,” the very same one Jo Koy himself has used in his own real-life comedy. That accent is a pivotal plot point in the movie. The 51-year-old stand-up rose to prominence after his brand of comedy put his loving mother (and her strong Filipino accent) at its core. As far as Fil-Ams today are concerned, Jo Koy is their poster boy. It was a golden opportunity for more Asian representation in racist Hollywood. Tia Carrere and Lydia Gaston in "Easter Sunday." Photo courtesy of UNIVERSAL PICTURES That’s the one that Steven brought me in for and asked if I had a movie idea, and that’s when I pitched ‘Easter Sunday.’” ![]() “If that didn’t happen, then Steven Spielberg wouldn’t have never seen the second. Undeterred by the doors shut in his face, the comic decided to fund the filming of “Jo Koy: Live in Seattle” back in 2017 until Netflix eventually bought the special. During his recent Manila press conference to promote the film, Jo Koy emphasizes how groundbreaking “Easter Sunday” has been - no surprise, after he struggled for years to get his stand-up specials mounted on streaming giant Netflix’s platform. It’s hard to see “Easter Sunday” as something beyond Jo Koy’s desire to be perceived as a disruptor, a man in a class of his own. It has a 45% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as of writing. The movie rightfully claims to be the very first Hollywood-produced film about the interior life of a Filipino family in the United States. It stars the comedian himself as well as industry veterans singer/actress Tia Carrere (“Lilo and Stitch”) and actor Lou Diamond Phillips (“La Bamba”), two of the most well-known Filipino-American actors today. “Easter Sunday” is about a struggling actor named Joe Valencia who has to drive back home to his chaotic Filipino-American family for the holidays. Produced by the Steven Spielberg-backed Amblin Entertainment (whose only other producing credits this year are “Jurassic World: Dominion” and "The Fabelmans"), the film is heavily inspired by Jo Koy’s own life. ![]() The mid-budget film “Easter Sunday” is the Filipino-American actor’s dream come true: a showcase of Filipino culture through the lens of Hollywood. Comedian Jo Koy needs you to know how much it took for him to make his movie. And there’s an avalanche of stuff coming out over the next five months, way more than any studio puts out in an entire year. While I won’t discuss the company’s value in relation to Wall Street, I know the slate pretty damn well. and Canada Europe, Middle East and Africa Latin America and Asia-Pacific, and, believe it or not, there’s still a staff that mails out DVDs and Blu-ray discs, which account for $200 million or so each year - in other words, 1 percent of Netflix’s overall revenue of $30 billion. To break it down: Netflix’s global audience and staff are separated into four regions - U.S. But Netflix is still worth $106 billion and remains arguably the industry’s single biggest producer and buyer. Some of it comes down to the simple fact that Netflix is the biggest streamer out there with its 220 million subscribers, and everyone takes shots at the king.īut who cares if the company has 221 million subs or 220 million? I understand that investors want continuous growth every quarter, and it’s true that Netflix simply hasn’t had the content of late outside of Stranger Things. Netflix, as we know, has been getting hammered by headlines for months. ![]()
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