sherry cola – The Comedy Bureau

Looks Like Randall Park Has a Pretty Damn Good Directorial Debut with “Shortcomings”

June 16, 2023

ally maki, justin h min, randall park, sherry cola, shortcomings, sony pictures classics, trailer

If you were in around Channel 101 in the early 2010s, chances are you got to enjoy one Randall Park in any number of absurdist parodies of procedurals or some other genre defying short form series that got voted on week after week.

Park has since hit the big time with fronting Fresh Off the Boat for six seasons and even showing up in the MCU. Now, Park is taking next step up with his very first feature as a director with Shortcomings, an adaption of the graphic novel of the same name by Adrian Tomine. It has all the makings of a delightful, incredibly nuanced rom com, perhaps in the vein of the brilliant Elaine May, by following the romantic quests of three friends, two of whom are supposedly an item, that ponder the blurry edges of Asian American identity.

Park has a cracking cast to play with that includes Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola (who is going to have a banner 2023 with this and Joy Ride), and Ally Maki. See for yourself how Randall Park might just be on to a career in the director’s chair with Shortcomings with the official trailer here.

Joy Ride Looks to Be the Raunchiest R-Rated Comedy of 2023 (That Happens to Be About Adoption)

March 17, 2023

News

ashley park, joy ride, red band trailer, sabrina wu, sherry cola, stephanie hsu

Between This Is Us, Trying, and Blue Bayou, there is an uptick in stories about adoption in TV and movies as of late, though, as you might notice they’re either incredibly maudlin or saccharine.

That’s going to change this year come July 7th as Teresa Hsiao, Adele Lim, and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong‘s R-rated transcontinental road-trip buddy comedy, Joy Ride, will hit theaters. Ashley Park plays an adoptee that assembles Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu, all play kind-of life long friends, to help her find her birth mother on the other side of the world. What ensues is a Hangover/Bridesmaids-esque gauntlet of everything going spectacularly awry as one can see and enjoy in this first official red band trailer, just released today.

Joy Ride has the makings of an R-rated comedy of 2023, especially with it being slotted right after the 4th of July, but also offer up a film we haven’t seen before, a big studio adult comedy that sports an all-Asian top billed cast that hinges on an actual adoption story (versus something like Elf, which is probably the best adoptee comedy to date) and is chock full of blue humor.

It’s so damn intriguing where this Joy Ride might take us. Take your first look at what that might be with the Joy Ride red band trailer here.

Pick of the Day: Bling Empire: A Live Reading Fundraiser 2/24

February 15, 2021

News

bling empire, bowen yang, chinatown, chinatown love, fumi abe, irene tu, jes tom, joel kim booster, julia shiplett, kiko soiree, nori reed, peter kim, sherry cola, Tien Tran

Comedians doing a live read for a reality show is already a good enough sell as is.

Having a line-up of Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster, Nori Reed, Jared Goldstein, Sherry Cola, Julia Shiplett, Tien Tran, and more do a live-read of a specific episode of Bling Empire is even better.

Doing that all for the sake of directly supporting Asian communities (at a time that Asian communities direly need backing from everyone due to an upward trend in hate crimes against Asians) in both LA and NYC shouldn’t even be the reason that you’d go in for this live-reading, but if that’s it, then so be it.

Thus, you should get tickets via a $10 suggested donation to the upcoming Bling Empire: A Live Reading Fundraiser on Wed. Feb. 24th at 6PM PT/9PM ET that’s raising money for Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (LA) and Send Chinatown Love (NYC). You can and should get more details/donate/tickets/live-stream access here.