52 Films by Women Vol 8. 35. Quiz Lady (Director: Jessica Yu)
Pictured : Sisters reunited. Anne ( Awkwafina ) and Jenny Yum ( Sandra Oh ) in a scene from the 2023 comedy, ' Quiz Lady ', written by Jen D'Angelo and directed by Jessica Yu . Still courtesy of 20th Century Studios / Hulu. It can cost millions of dollars to promote a film. Sometimes studios prefer not to take the risk. 20 th Century Studios’ comedy Quiz Lady starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh, written by Jen D’Angelo and directed by Jessica Yu skipped cinemas and debuted on Hulu last November. It is a film that twice asks, ‘do you know you difficult it is to be Asian in America?’ and doesn’t dwell on the answer. Ostensibly, it is a sports movie in which Awkwafina plays Anne, office worker by day, quiz show addict by early evening. A terry-cotton warrior, so to speak, Anne can fire out an answer on ‘Can’t Stop the Quiz’ as fast as the best competitor. She admires the host Terry McTeer (Will Ferrell) who has asked the questions on the weeknight show for 32 years throug...