“Our history is based in assimilation. It’s been good for us, but it’s also not been so good for us. And with this superpower that’s inherently designed in a character, we can reflect an authentic experience for our community,' Dennis Liu said.
. Those were some of the powerhouse Asian women who initially inspired"LING," a new comic book superhero. While Ling, a Chinese American teen who’s struggling with high school bullies and math class, fights villains in the comic book, her creators hope that she will inspire Asian Americans and break the"model minority" myth in the real world.
Marie Iida and Dennis Liu, the couple who created the character, both bring a wealth of experience in film and television to the table. Liu wrote the comic book and short film that was made into “Raising Dion,” a nine-episode superhero series released on Netflix on Oct. 4. Iida was Marie Kondo’s interpreter in the successful Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.”
After working with Ethan Hawke during a promotional tour for his 2006 movie, “Hottest State,” in Tokyo, she became a go-to as Japanese interpreter and eventually met Kondo in 2016. While “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” has been a hit since it premiered earlier this year, Iida revealed that it was new television territory for everyone.
Many times trying to pitch your story to a major film company is difficult, especially"when you're the only person in the room who's Asian. I think it becomes hard because no one else in the room can see their former self in you,” Liu said.
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