{"id":2842,"date":"2016-08-18T16:59:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/08\/18\/set-visit-party-time-at-cbcs-kims-convenience\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T16:59:05","slug":"set-visit-party-time-at-cbcs-kims-convenience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/08\/18\/set-visit-party-time-at-cbcs-kims-convenience\/","title":{"rendered":"Set visit: party time at CBC\u2019s Kim\u2019s Convenience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Brioux\u00a0\/ Brioux TV<\/em><\/p>\n

Headed out to Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em> Tuesday but not for milk and bread. The comedy, premiering in October\u00a0on CBC, is shooting in Toronto on seven standing sets spread across two large sound stages.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been watching CBC\u2019s Summer Olympic Games coverage, you\u2019ve no doubt seen the promos for the series. \u201cWe really lucked out with that,\u201d says executive producer Ivan Fecan, who knows a thing or two about the value of promotion.<\/p>\n

The former CTV czar\u00a0has\u00a0never looked more chill. Decked out in full Malibu mode, he could pass for the owner of\u00a0a surf shop.<\/p>\n

Yet there he is, hands-on, in his office every day at the studio whereKim\u2019s Convenience<\/em> is shot. He proudly walked me over to a room\u00a0Tuesday to show off what he suggests is the most diverse casting wall anywhere in North America.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t doubt it and that diversity extends on both sides of the camera. Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em> is exactly right for Canada in 2016\u00a0\u2014 an immigrant story, told by new Canadians.<\/p>\n

Specifically, it\u2019s the tale of Mr and Mrs Kim (played by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon), a couple who immigrate to Canada from Korea in the \u201980s, opening a convenience store near Toronto\u2019s Regent Park. (The store exterior, in fact, blends in perfectly along Queen\u00a0Street East.)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very much the story of creator\/playwright Ins Choi\u2019s life, one that he introduced as a series of stage sketches several\u00a0years ago. The story has evolved as an award-winning play, remounted annually at Soulpepper. The theatre troupe, led by Albert Schultz, is a co-producer with Thunderbird on the series.<\/p>\n

Most times when a reporter is led to a soundstage tour of\u00a0a new series, the phrase you always hear is how this is a \u201chappy set.\u201d That might actually be true at Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>. This is a collection of folks who seem genuinely thrilled to be doing this show at this time.<\/p>\n

The enthusiasm starts with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, a busy actor who boasts\u00a0a broad range of credits, including Degrassi<\/em> and the upcoming CBC series Shoot the Messenger<\/em>. \u00a0Sun-Hyung Lee never thought he\u2019s be \u201cNo. 1 on the call sheet.\u201d He\u2019s killing it in Kim<\/em>, however, wearing the role of the proud, stubborn patriarch like it is a second skin. Why not \u2014 he\u2019s been a part of this story from the earliest stage incarnations. Co-star Yoon has also been along for much of this ride.<\/p>\n

Tuesday was Sun-Hyung Lee\u2019s birthday and there were balloons, cake, presentations and tears. Losing it when surprised by his peers. he showed all the love his character keeps completely submerged. There was even an ice cream truck parked outside for the occasion. Now that\u2019s convenience.<\/p>\n

There are high hopes for this series, with some older observers predicting a King of Kensington<\/em>-like connection and breakthrough for the Canadian comedy. A few episodes have been edited together and the people who have seen some of it, including Choi, Fecan and co-creator Kevin White (Schitte\u2019s Creek<\/em>), have that damn-it\u2019s-good-but-too-early-to-say-it-out-loud look on their faces when you ask. There were hushed references to Louie<\/em>\u00a0and Veep<\/em>, two great comedies any show would have a tough time living up to.<\/p>\n

All I can vouch for is the ice cream (excellent) and the good vibes on set (stress-free and contagious). The series launches in early October\u00a0on CBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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