The novel "Interior Chinatown" is formatted like a script, taking its title from the screenwriting convention of beginning scenes by indicating whether they take place indoors or out. Its author, Charles Yu,

Charles Yu adapted his own acclaimed novel for this Hulu series, which turns police procedurals inside out to skewer the way Asian characters have been represented onscreen.

The title takes a shot at another threadworm screen trope about Chinatowns, as hotbeds of crime and corruption, captured long ago in the classic line: Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.

Based on the novel by Charles Yu, whos also the series showrunner, Hulus Interior Chinatown follows Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), a waiter used to being in the background of his own

The "Silicon Valley" and "Crazy Rich Asians" star is the true embodiment of "background to main character energy," says series creator Charles Yu.

All of that informs the fresh commentary and characterization of Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown," based on his own novel of the same name. What if the people pushed into the periphery were aware of it,