{"id":3092,"date":"2017-09-26T19:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/26\/kims-convenience-combats-the-idea-that-anybody-non-white-cant-play-a-significant-role-onscreen\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:01:56","slug":"kims-convenience-combats-the-idea-that-anybody-non-white-cant-play-a-significant-role-onscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/26\/kims-convenience-combats-the-idea-that-anybody-non-white-cant-play-a-significant-role-onscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim&#8217;s Convenience combats the idea that &#8216;anybody non-white&#8217; can&#8217;t play a significant role onscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Q with Tom Power\/ CBC Radio<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1055121987679\" width=\"360\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon accepted their roles on\u00a0<em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience<\/em>\u00a0because they felt that, in a landscape of very white television, it&#8217;s an honour to amplify stories about immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience\u00a0<\/em>is a show\u00a0about a family of Korean-Canadians who\u00a0own\u00a0a convenience store in Toronto, and the comedy in their everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p>The second season of\u00a0<em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience<\/em>\u00a0premieres tonight (Sept. 26) on\u00a0CBC-TV\u00a0and\u00a0Lee and Yoon talk to Tom Power about the show and diversity in television as a whole.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Find Out More:<\/strong>\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/q\/tuesday-sept-26-2017-kim-s-convenience-cast-partner-and-more-1.4302559\/kim-s-convenience-combats-the-idea-that-anybody-non-white-can-t-play-a-significant-role-onscreen-1.4302594\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/kim-s-convenience-cast&#8230;<\/a><\/u><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q with Tom Power\/ CBC Radio Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon accepted their roles on\u00a0Kim&#8217;s Convenience\u00a0because they felt that, in a landscape of very white television, it&#8217;s an honour to amplify stories about immigrants. 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