Interior Chinatown

Willis takes the stolen car and drives to his family’s home. Karen is raising their five-year-old daughter, Phoebe, alone. Phoebe is happy to see her father, though he’s embarrassed that he hasn’t come around sooner. Willis spends days bonding with his daughter and discovers her blossoming personality. He thinks, “You were a bit player in the world of Black and White, but here and now, in her world, you’re more. Not the star of the show, something better. The star’s dad. Somehow you were lucky enough to end up in her story” (201-02).

Willis sees that Phoebe isn’t at all self-conscious about being Asian. He has great hopes that she’ll grow up without his sensitivity regarding race. One night, as the family settles in peacefully to sleep, the detectives from Black and White arrive. Willis, or the Kung Fu Guy character he plays, is a suspected car thief.

Willis must stand trial in “the case of the missing Asian.” The courtroom scene seems a little over the top from his perspective as a bit player. The judge flirts with the prosecutor while the prosecutor flirts with Detective Green.

Much to Willis’s surprise, his defense attorney is Older Brother, who has left

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