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Jimmy Woo isn't important enough to the MCU to say that Randall Park is better known for him than Louis Huang.
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** To the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Lamont criticizes Gene's taste in film since Gene enjoys the MCU. Doubles as CastingGag and BitingTheHandHumor since Creator/JacobBatalon (Gene) and also director Creator/RandallPark are is best known for their roles his role in the MCU.
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The affair isn't an Internal Reveal, since the audience learns about it along with him
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* ChekhovsGun: Ben's pillowcase gets a lot of focus in the first act. [[spoiler:Ben later finds photographs taken by Leon of Miko with the pillowcase, [[InternalReveal revealing to him]] that they were having an affair before Miko went to New York.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Ben's pillowcase gets a lot of focus in the first act. [[spoiler:Ben later finds photographs taken by Leon of Miko with the pillowcase, [[InternalReveal revealing to him]] that they were having an affair before Miko went to New York.]]
* CreatorCameo:
** The film's director Creator/RandallPark briefly appears as Ji-Hun, a waiter at a restaurant visited by Ben and Alice.
** The film's screenwriter (and writer of the original comic) Creator/AdrianTomine plays the movie theater employee whom Ben scolds for using his phone.
** The film's director Creator/RandallPark briefly appears as Ji-Hun, a waiter at a restaurant visited by Ben and Alice.
** The film's screenwriter (and writer of the original comic) Creator/AdrianTomine plays the movie theater employee whom Ben scolds for using his phone.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Discussed thoroughly, like in the comic. The Japanese-American Ben is disgusted by white men who date Asian women, calling them "rice kings" who desire submissive Asians. Both Meredith (who has a white father and an Asian mother) and Miko ([[spoiler:who has moved on to Leon, who is at most white-passing]]) are very offended by this -- Meredith kindly reminds Ben that ''he'' has a thing for ''white women'', while Miko is aghast that [[spoiler:Ben thinks that's the only reason Leon would be interested in her, and permanently ends things with him]].
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* SettingUpdate: The film moves the aughts setting of the comic to at least the late 2010s, with references to pop culture contemporary to its 2023 release like Music/{{BTS}} and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
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* SettingUpdate: The film moves the aughts setting of the comic to at least the late 2010s, 2020s, with references to pop culture contemporary to its 2023 release like Music/{{BTS}} and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.Creator/DisneyPlus.
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** to ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Ben and Miko watch a cheesy romcom about a billionaire Asian couple at an Asian-American film festival. Ben is offended to see other attendees praise an unoriginal, flawed film simply because it has an Asian cast. Eventually, [[spoiler:when he sees an older Asian woman weeping while watching the film, Ben seems to recognize that even a film like that can still be valuable.]]
** to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Lamont criticizes Gene's taste in film since Gene enjoys the MCU. Doubles as CastingGag and BitingTheHandHumor since Creator/JacobBatalon (Gene) and also director Creator/RandallPark are best known for their roles in the MCU.
* WholePlotReference: ''Shortcomings'' borrows a lot from 1990s indie movies with slacker protagonists, especially ''Film/HighFidelity''. ''High Fidelity'' gets an onscreen shoutout in the form of a [[StonersAreFunny pun-based cannabis shop name]].
** to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Lamont criticizes Gene's taste in film since Gene enjoys the MCU. Doubles as CastingGag and BitingTheHandHumor since Creator/JacobBatalon (Gene) and also director Creator/RandallPark are best known for their roles in the MCU.
* WholePlotReference: ''Shortcomings'' borrows a lot from 1990s indie movies with slacker protagonists, especially ''Film/HighFidelity''. ''High Fidelity'' gets an onscreen shoutout in the form of a [[StonersAreFunny pun-based cannabis shop name]].
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** to To ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Ben and Miko watch a cheesy romcom about a billionaire Asian couple at an Asian-American film festival. Ben is offended to see other attendees praise an unoriginal, flawed film simply because it has an Asian cast. Eventually, [[spoiler:when he sees an older Asian woman weeping while watching the film, Ben seems to recognize that even a film like that can still be valuable.]]
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* WholePlotReference: ''Shortcomings'' borrows a lot from 1990s indie movies with slacker protagonists, especially ''Film/HighFidelity''. ''High Fidelity'' gets an onscreen shoutout in the form of a [[StonersAreFunny pun-based cannabis shopname]].name]].
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* WholePlotReference: ''Shortcomings'' borrows a lot from 1990s indie movies with slacker protagonists, especially ''Film/HighFidelity''. ''High Fidelity'' gets an onscreen shoutout in the form of a [[StonersAreFunny pun-based cannabis shop
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His last name is mentioned to be "Tagawa" when he and Alice discuss WWII
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Japanese-American cinephile and movie theater manager Ben Tanaka (Creator/JustinHMin)'s relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Creator/AllyMaki) is on the rocks. When Miko moves to New York City for an internship, Ben contemplates his desire, future, and identity.
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Japanese-American cinephile and movie theater manager Ben Tanaka Tagawa (Creator/JustinHMin)'s relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Creator/AllyMaki) is on the rocks. When Miko moves to New York City for an internship, Ben contemplates his desire, future, and identity.
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** Along with FakeNationality: Korean-American Justin H. Min plays Japanese-American Ben Tanaka, while Chinese-American Sherry Cola plays Korean-American Alice. Ben claims he is often confused for Korean, which Alice laughs off. Lampshaded and handwaved in-universe with RacialFaceBlindness and InterchangeableAsianCultures.
** Creator/RonnyChieng appearing in a ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''-like film-within-the-film.
** Creator/RonnyChieng appearing in a ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''-like film-within-the-film.
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** Along with FakeNationality: Korean-American Justin H. Min plays Japanese-American Ben Tanaka, Tagawa, while Chinese-American Sherry Cola plays Korean-American Alice. Ben claims he is often confused for Korean, which Alice laughs off. Lampshaded and handwaved in-universe with RacialFaceBlindness and InterchangeableAsianCultures.
**Creator/RonnyChieng appearing Creator/RonnyChieng, who appeared in ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'', cameos in a ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''-like film-within-the-film.
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A film adaptation of the Creator/AdrianTomine graphic novel [[ComicBook/{{Shortcomings}} of the same name]], directed by Creator/RandallPark.
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A 2023 film adaptation ofthe Creator/AdrianTomine Creator/AdrianTomine's graphic novel [[ComicBook/{{Shortcomings}} of the same name]], directed by Creator/RandallPark.Creator/RandallPark from a screenplay by Tomine.
Japanese-American cinephile and movie theater manager Ben Tanaka (Creator/JustinHMin)'s relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Creator/AllyMaki) is on the rocks. When Miko moves to New York City for an internship, Ben contemplates his desire, future, and identity.
The film co-stars Creator/SherryCola, Creator/DebbyRyan, Creator/TaviGevinson, Creator/SonoyaMizuno, Creator/JacobBatalon, and Creator/TimothySimons.
A 2023 film adaptation of
Japanese-American cinephile and movie theater manager Ben Tanaka (Creator/JustinHMin)'s relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Creator/AllyMaki) is on the rocks. When Miko moves to New York City for an internship, Ben contemplates his desire, future, and identity.
The film co-stars Creator/SherryCola, Creator/DebbyRyan, Creator/TaviGevinson, Creator/SonoyaMizuno, Creator/JacobBatalon, and Creator/TimothySimons.
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** Creator/JacobBatalon as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films.
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** Creator/JacobBatalon as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films.films, [[ActorAllusion which he's a lead in]].
* CelebrityParadox: Creator/JacobBatalon's character loves the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and specifically says "nothing beats the new ''Spider-Man''; Batalon rose to prominence as Ned Leeds in the MCU ''Spider-Man'' films, beginning with ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
* CelebrityParadox: Creator/JacobBatalon's character loves the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and specifically says "nothing beats the new ''Spider-Man''; Batalon rose to prominence as Ned Leeds in the MCU ''Spider-Man'' films, beginning with ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
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** Arguably presented unironically with Meredith, who lives in a similarly large apartment in New York City[[note]]New York City is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States[[/note]] on a university instructor's salary.
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** Arguably presented unironically with Meredith, who Meredith lives in a similarly large apartment in New York City[[note]]New York City is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States[[/note]] on a university instructor's salary.
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- I don't think this counts as Production Posse since they're not tied together by a creative
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* ProductionPosse: A variation: Creator/SherryCola, Creator/StephanieHsu, Creator/RonnyChieng, and Creator/TimothySimons appeared in another summer 2023 film, ''[[Film/JoyRide2023 Joy Ride]]''.
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!!Tropes for the film:
* BigApplesauce: Miko and Alice both idolize New York City, to the annoyance of Ben. In the second half of the film, "Big Applesauce" is seemingly done in earnest, with plenty of shots of New York skylines.
* CastingGag
** Along with FakeNationality: Korean-American Justin H. Min plays Japanese-American Ben Tanaka, while Chinese-American Sherry Cola plays Korean-American Alice. Ben claims he is often confused for Korean, which Alice laughs off. Lampshaded and handwaved in-universe with RacialFaceBlindness and InterchangeableAsianCultures.
** Creator/RonnyChieng appearing in a ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''-like film-within-the-film.
** Creator/JacobBatalon as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films.
* ChekhovsGun: Ben's pillowcase gets a lot of focus in the first act. [[spoiler:Ben later finds photographs taken by Leon of Miko with the pillowcase, [[InternalReveal revealing to him]] that they were having an affair before Miko went to New York.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: A subtle example: Ben sees an Asian-American man staring at him and Sasha in the flea market. At first believing the man [[ItsAllAboutMe to be judging him for dating a white woman, then to be jealous of him for dating a white woman]], [[spoiler:it's later revealed the man was a friend of Miko who was simply focused on the fact that his friend's boyfriend was seemingly cheating on her]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Ben[[note]]who is Japanese-American and does not speak Japanese[[/note]] sarcastically says, "Sayonara" to Leon[[note]]who is white/non-Japanese but speaks Japanese[[/note]]. Leon does not realize he's been insulted and commends Ben's Japanese speaking ability.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Miko asserts that [[Creator/TimothySimons Leon]] is not white but "Jewish and indigenous American". Ben is not persuaded.
* FriendsRentControl:
** At first seemingly played uncritically: Ben and Miko live in an absurdly large apartment in the Bay Area[[note]]the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States[[/note]] despite Miko being an intern and Ben working a low-paying job as a manager at an independent movie theater. Later lampshaded and averted when it's revealed Miko's wealthy father gave them the apartment.
** Arguably presented unironically with Meredith, who lives in a similarly large apartment in New York City[[note]]New York City is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States[[/note]] on a university instructor's salary.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Ben considers white men who date Asian women to be fetishists, despite the fact that he himself is accused of being a fetishist for liking white women. The hypocrisy is not lost on Alice and Meredith.
* PoliticalOvercorrectness: Played for laughs: Alice corrects Ben for using terms like "internment camps" rather than "incarceration camps" while herself making derogatory statements about bisexuals and Japanese people.
* ProductionPosse: A variation: Creator/SherryCola, Creator/StephanieHsu, Creator/RonnyChieng, and Creator/TimothySimons appeared in another summer 2023 film, ''[[Film/JoyRide2023 Joy Ride]]''.
* RunningGag: Ben and Alice using the [[InsistentTerminology phrase]] "[[MakesSenseinContext Kick her in the pussy]]." Meredith, who is not in on the joke, finds the phrasing offensive.
* TakeThat:
** to ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Ben and Miko watch a cheesy romcom about a billionaire Asian couple at an Asian-American film festival. Ben is offended to see other attendees praise an unoriginal, flawed film simply because it has an Asian cast. Eventually, [[spoiler:when he sees an older Asian woman weeping while watching the film, Ben seems to recognize that even a film like that can still be valuable.]]
** to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Lamont criticizes Gene's taste in film since Gene enjoys the MCU. Doubles as CastingGag and BitingTheHandHumor since Creator/JacobBatalon (Gene) and also director Creator/RandallPark are best known for their roles in the MCU.
* WholePlotReference: ''Shortcomings'' borrows a lot from 1990s indie movies with slacker protagonists, especially ''Film/HighFidelity''. ''High Fidelity'' gets an onscreen shoutout in the form of a [[StonersAreFunny pun-based cannabis shop name]].
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