Re: [TV orNotTV] "Kim's Convenience" ending at CBC

[John Edwards]

This was surprising news because the series had already been renewed for a
sixth season. The URL is a little misleading since the show wasn't
cancelled, it was the creators' decision to stop after this season, mainly
so they could go on to other projects. CBC would probably have happily had
the show on as long as they wanted to do it. (Funny Canadian sitcoms are a
rare breed.)

The tweets from Simu Liu, who plays Jung (the son) on the show, indicate
that the decision took the cast by surprise as well.
https://twitter.com/SimuLiu/status/1369017904352665602

I don't believe he's on the show this year (this season is part of my DVR
backlog), but was hoping to return for Season 6, with the idea that his
character would reconcile with Appa, the father. A movie or special where
that happens would be a good way to wrap the series up.

John

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:07 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> After five seasons, the last of which is owed to Netflix... we reported on
> it back in the day (
> https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/BaQaSCY2I2s/m/EZkjNtlxBgAJ)
>
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> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/kims-convenience-ending-season-5-canceled-1234925006/
>  (link)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Kim's Convenience

[Tom Wolper]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Doug Eastick  wrote:

> CBC has been pumping up the promo's for their latest sitcom - Kim's
> Convenience.  It's about a Korean family that runs a convenience store in
> Toronto.  They were supposed to air the pilot on Sunday, but rescheduled
> due to the Blue Jay's ball game (not the debate).
>
> I just watched it and LOL'd a few times.   I asked my 20-yr old daughter
> to watch and after the first 10 mins she said "I don't find this as funny
> as you do" and then went to another room.
>
> If you can find the pilot online, I suggest you watch it.  There is a
> reference to Anderson Cooper.The main thing I was thinking while
> watching it was "oh there's so many of the trump-states that would not like
> this".
>

I downloaded and watched the pilot. It's tough to review a sitcom pilot
because they have to introduce all the main characters and define their
relationships while setting a tone for the series. I thought they did a
decent job of covering all that business. I also think they succeeded in
the setup: having the main family be Korean and making them comprehensible
and sympathetic to a diverse (and mostly white) audience.

I had one big problem with a character and that was the manager of the car
rental agency. Maybe she is there to be a comic foil or maybe her character
will evolve in later episodes but her basic insecurity and lack of
authority as a manager irritated me.

The other issue I had might relate to your daughter's reaction. I'm 56 and
when in conversation with educated young adults it becomes obvious that
their viewpoints are based on different core assumptions than mine are.
Just as they are digital natives, they are also diversity natives and they
have a comfort level with gender and orientation diversity as well as
immigrants from other cultures. I think the show tried to base its comedy
on tensions built around the gay community and the Asian immigrant
experience and those tensions are absent to the younger generation. So the
jokes don't have a strong payoff.

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