“Big Trouble in Hollywood China”

EPISODE 022: BAY AREA FLICKS

 

Featuring: Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Hollywood Chinese (2007)

 

It’d be difficult to talk about the Bay Area without discussing the region’s prominent Asian American community and John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China” seemed like the perfect opportunity to start that conversation. Accompanied by Arthur Dong’s 2007 documentary “Hollywood Chinese”, Ryan and Kevin examine the ways “Little China” portrays its Asian American characters before diving into the goofiness of this Kurt Russell-led fantasy action thriller.