They Call Us Bruce - Episode 83: They Call Us Thankful

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America.



What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus on media, entertainment and popular culture.

On this special Thanksgiving-themed episode, recorded live at the Edison Theatre in Long Beach, we welcome some good friends -- actress Tess Paras (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), screenwriter Thuc Doan Nguyen (The Bitch Pack) and writer Shirley Li (The Atlantic) to talk politics, culture and the year in Asian America.

Wake, Play, Slay: Asian American Women in Comedy

Panel Discussion on Wednesday, November 1 at NBCUniversal



If you're in Southern California, Comcast NBCUniversal and the Center for Asian American Media invite you to Wake, Play, Slay: Asian American Women in Comedy, a panel discussion highlighting female voices in comedy that are using laughter to tackle difficult and timely issues. The lineup includes Jenny Yang, Colleen McGuinness, Geeta Patel, Tess Paras and moderator Traci Lee.

It's happening Wednesday, November 1 at NBCUniversal. Here are some more details:

A Makeup Tutorial to Make Your Face Great Again

Ready for the latest beauty trend? Tess Paras shows you how to make your face great again.



In this latest sketch for F-Comedy, our friend Tess Paras absolutely kills with the Make Your Face Great Again Makeup Tutorial, in which she provides a dead-on step-by-step beauty tutorial to make your face great again -- Donald Trump style. All you need is some concealer -- aka veiled white supremacy -- sound bites and lies, and a bag of smashed up Cheetos. And voila! This face is winning, America.

Just watch:

Angry Reader of the Week: Tess Paras

"In general, I get excited when people shake things up and challenge the status quo."


Photo Credit: Dennis Kwan
Hey, everybody! It's time for another edition of the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Tess Paras.

Angry Asian America: Master of None Review!

With co-host Jenny Yang and special guests Tess Paras and Amy Hill



Hey, YouTube watchers! I am pleased to present the latest edition of Angry Asian America, our web talk show on ISAtv. In this episode, co-host Jenny Yang and I welcome actors Tess Paras and Amy Hill, who recently guest starred on the CW musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. We talk about their part in what might be TV's first Filipino American family. We also offer our takes on Aziz Ansari's new Netflix comedy Master of None.

Check it out:

What If Catcalls Were Cheeseburgers?

"Would you throw a cheeseburger at your mother?"



BOOM. That is sound of knowledge dropping. Cheeseburger-shaped comedy knowledge. This hilarious comedy short, written by Tess Paras and directed by Rebekka Johnson, explores how women experience catcalls... except instead of catcalls, they get cheeseburgers. Wait, what?

According to Tess, the sketch "challenges the notion that catcalls are compliments that all women should enjoy, and explores how they can be disruptions that diminish the value of a woman's place in the world."

Just watch:

Manny Pacquiao does it all in 'Too Manny Things'

Marques Ray, Randall Park and Tess Paras star in the Manny Pacquiao reality show.



Between all the training, endorsements, painting, singing, recording, serving in Congress, picking up the cake, rescuing his wife Jinkee from kidnappers and who knows what else, pro boxer Manny Pacquiao will carve out some time to face Floyd Mayweather in the ring this Saturday. He's a very busy man.

In the inaugural episode of Manny's very own reality show, Too Manny Things, starring Marques Ray, Randall Park and Tess Paras, we follow a day in the life of the busiest many alive.

Take a look:

Happy Canada Day from Tess Paras

Music video parody mocks Avril Lavigne's "Hello Kitty"



The music video for "Hello Kitty" was allegedly pop star Avril Lavigne's homage to Japanese pop culture. It was a special kind of awful. As I noted, Gwen Stefani was doing this shit like ten years ago.

Many agreed. Actress Tess Paras, the mastermind behind that brilliant Hollywood-skewering "Royals" parody "Typecast," was inspired to write her own musical homage to Avril Lavigne's home country of Canada -- its celebrities, hobbies, foods, and of course, the national animal, The Beaver.

What better way for us Americans to celebrate July 1 -- Canada Day? Take a look:

Angry Asian America Episode 3: "Never Go Full Geisha"

With co-host Jenny Yang and guests Andrew Fung and Tess Paras



Proud to present the freshly released latest edition of Angry Asian America, my talk show with ISAtv. In Episode 3, co-host Jenny Yang and I are joined by Andrew Fung of the Fung Bros. and actress Tess Paras to have a lively little discussion. We talk about geishas, martial arts and other Asian-y things that may or may not get inappropriately appropriated. Check it out:

"Royals" parody skewers Hollywood's sassy sidekicks of color

"Typecast," written and performed by Tess Paras



If you can handle another take on Lorde's "Royals," check out this funny parody, "Typecast," written and performed by actress Tess Paras. It's a funny lament on the plight of being a performer of color in Hollywood, and enduring the cattle call of auditions for the limited chance to play shining roles like "White Girl's Nerdy Friend," "Oversexed Asian" or "Urban Girls with Flavor." Take a look: