Yin&Young Episode 14 - Actor/Performer Judy Lei - a podcast by Yin & Young

Actor/Performer Judy Lei shares her tumultuous journey from growing up in East New York to Smith College and back to NYC to pursue acting.

Highlights:
- James met Judy at her one person show: The World's Greatest http://heyjudylei.com/theworldsgreatest/
- Judy is a hustling, Brooklyn girl
- Comparing Chinatowns of NYC, SF, and LA
- Smith College was a culture shock for Judy, seeing nature for the first time and learning to interact with Caucasians
- Enunciating with proper diction led to people asking her why she is portraying herself as someone else
- Her one person show dispels Asian stereotypes
- Judy had to create her own opportunities due to the dearth of what was available for Asian American women in film/TV
- Three key people helped shape her one person show
- Created her own major at Smith College
- Judy's dating preferences...

Language Corner:
Dan - Japanese
侘び寂び - wabi-sabi - the art of imperfection

James - Taiwanese
我去玩 - goar khix chitthøo - go out and play

Judy - Cantonese
堅持 - gin1 ci4 - to persist

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