Hi Jenny, I watched a few of your comedy crossing shows and it brought me so much joy. I also wanted to add that the way you shared your grief and feelings around your dad so openly has helped me immensely as I too have a classic distant difficult/complex father. Your sharing has helped me hold the complexity of that relationship. So thank you for being you.
You know, I'm much older than you (60) and am only realizing now that life is seriously complicated. All these relationships we lament because they are complex and imperfect? That's just life! It's not asian specific, or generation specific, or culture specific. It's just each individual is complicated and imperfect and when we interact with one another, the relationships themselves are in turn complicated and imperfect. It's okay. I'm sorry you lost your dad. I'm sorry I lost my dad. Life sucks sometimes. And sometimes it's really good. I love your nose.
I am a 49 year old actor who has been told my whole life that I could never be an actor, but especially not on TV so I quietly did very low pay experimental theatre in NYC and lots of acting classes for a very long time. At some point in the past year I finally thought "F@*k that noise I want to make some money and do TV and film". 4 months later I signed with a new agent. 2 weeks later booked and shot my first costar. Other people's comments are still emblazoned on my brain. Self doubt is still a struggle. But I'm defying the (totally arbitrary and nonsensical) odds. Thanks for sharing your triumphs and your sadness and vulnerabilities, Dad. It makes me feel like everything might work out.
I have been thinking about how the things people say become curses and sometimes in takes a life time to exorcize them. My mom once told me my butt was too big to be a ballerina (she dancer ballet for years) and I still carry with me to this day. It’s the hardest thing for me to accept that my parents are humans and not gods. Thank you for sharing your lovely story. You are gorgeous inside and out and I love your nose. Burton can suck it.
Thank you for sharing this daddy Jenny!! My mom just called me fat today. And I was told when I was starting out in acting school that I couldn’t be an actress because I was Buddhist and Buddha can’t get mad. That i had to get a boob job. That I’m too old. Too shy. So many other microaggressions and comments piled up in my head but I’ll just say that YOU GO GIRL and fuck that guy!!! you’re kicking ass and you deserve it all ❤️
OMG, I totally know who Burton is and I can't believe he told you your nose was too big for you to be an actor! I LOVE that you've achieved so much in everything you've done, despite all the obstacles I know you've faced. You are my hero, Jenny Yang!
Jenny! His reminds me that haters are all around. Eff them! My high school Drama/English teacher literally had a "Pretty Pile" and an "Ugly Pile" for the "resumes" of people who auditioned for his crappy year end musical. 15 year old me with my Napoleon Dynamite hair and big glasses sang "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" and hoped for the best because I can actually sing. But nope, it was the Ugly Pile for me. He was not a nice man.
Moral of the story? Not sure there is one and I have yet to debut my one women show based on my pandemic life with the cat, but maybe don't be mean and unkind and/or have a blabby "casting assistant" who is also the friend of someone you tossed on the ugly pile?
Continued success Jenny and congrats on the show. Burton, you are a terrible person.
Dear Dad, thanks so much for sharing. I’m so sorry you lost your dad. I lost mine too, when I was little. I never really knew him, so I never felt the pain of his loss acutely, but I also never got to love him. I got his hair.
I’m so glad to be a subscriber you are such a light!
Good for you, Dad! I can't wait to see you kick some butt in The Brothers Sun. Torrance represent! And your nose is just perfect. F the burtons of the world.
Hi Jenny! Even though I only got to know you recently from social media, reading this story has uplifted me in my own insecure areas, hindering me from relentlessly pursuing my aspirations. Thank you for being you!
Hi Jenny, I watched a few of your comedy crossing shows and it brought me so much joy. I also wanted to add that the way you shared your grief and feelings around your dad so openly has helped me immensely as I too have a classic distant difficult/complex father. Your sharing has helped me hold the complexity of that relationship. So thank you for being you.
You know, I'm much older than you (60) and am only realizing now that life is seriously complicated. All these relationships we lament because they are complex and imperfect? That's just life! It's not asian specific, or generation specific, or culture specific. It's just each individual is complicated and imperfect and when we interact with one another, the relationships themselves are in turn complicated and imperfect. It's okay. I'm sorry you lost your dad. I'm sorry I lost my dad. Life sucks sometimes. And sometimes it's really good. I love your nose.
I am a 49 year old actor who has been told my whole life that I could never be an actor, but especially not on TV so I quietly did very low pay experimental theatre in NYC and lots of acting classes for a very long time. At some point in the past year I finally thought "F@*k that noise I want to make some money and do TV and film". 4 months later I signed with a new agent. 2 weeks later booked and shot my first costar. Other people's comments are still emblazoned on my brain. Self doubt is still a struggle. But I'm defying the (totally arbitrary and nonsensical) odds. Thanks for sharing your triumphs and your sadness and vulnerabilities, Dad. It makes me feel like everything might work out.
Dear Dad,
I have been thinking about how the things people say become curses and sometimes in takes a life time to exorcize them. My mom once told me my butt was too big to be a ballerina (she dancer ballet for years) and I still carry with me to this day. It’s the hardest thing for me to accept that my parents are humans and not gods. Thank you for sharing your lovely story. You are gorgeous inside and out and I love your nose. Burton can suck it.
Thank you for sharing this daddy Jenny!! My mom just called me fat today. And I was told when I was starting out in acting school that I couldn’t be an actress because I was Buddhist and Buddha can’t get mad. That i had to get a boob job. That I’m too old. Too shy. So many other microaggressions and comments piled up in my head but I’ll just say that YOU GO GIRL and fuck that guy!!! you’re kicking ass and you deserve it all ❤️
OMG, I totally know who Burton is and I can't believe he told you your nose was too big for you to be an actor! I LOVE that you've achieved so much in everything you've done, despite all the obstacles I know you've faced. You are my hero, Jenny Yang!
Thanks Dad - hope your Father's Day was OK; the first one is the worst in my experience. Sending you good vibes and again, Burton, SUCK IT.
I love you dad
Jenny! His reminds me that haters are all around. Eff them! My high school Drama/English teacher literally had a "Pretty Pile" and an "Ugly Pile" for the "resumes" of people who auditioned for his crappy year end musical. 15 year old me with my Napoleon Dynamite hair and big glasses sang "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" and hoped for the best because I can actually sing. But nope, it was the Ugly Pile for me. He was not a nice man.
Moral of the story? Not sure there is one and I have yet to debut my one women show based on my pandemic life with the cat, but maybe don't be mean and unkind and/or have a blabby "casting assistant" who is also the friend of someone you tossed on the ugly pile?
Continued success Jenny and congrats on the show. Burton, you are a terrible person.
Dear Dad, thanks so much for sharing. I’m so sorry you lost your dad. I lost mine too, when I was little. I never really knew him, so I never felt the pain of his loss acutely, but I also never got to love him. I got his hair.
I’m so glad to be a subscriber you are such a light!
Good for you, Dad! I can't wait to see you kick some butt in The Brothers Sun. Torrance represent! And your nose is just perfect. F the burtons of the world.
Hi Jenny! Even though I only got to know you recently from social media, reading this story has uplifted me in my own insecure areas, hindering me from relentlessly pursuing my aspirations. Thank you for being you!
DAD 👍🏼💪🏼