( Note: In discussing real-life events, this piece necessarily includes spoilers for later episodes of The Act. And so we’ve wended our way through The Act via its depiction of the main players in this tangled family tragedy to see how closely it hews to the established trail of truth - and the moments when it may have strayed. The Act acknowledges in every episode that some of its events have been “dramatized or fictionalized,” which can make it even more difficult than it already is to suss out the concrete facts, such as they are, at the heart of this story.
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And in March, Hulu premiered The Act, an eight-part dramatic series based on the events leading up to and including Dee Dee’s murder, sourced from BuzzFeed reporter Michelle Dean’s 2016 investigative feature.
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It has since become the subject of an HBO documentary, Lifetime TV movie, and unending fascination and speculation. To be brief: In June 2015, Gypsy conspired with her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to murder her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who it turned out had made Gypsy a lifelong victim of her Munchausen syndrome by proxy. You can check out the trailer for The Opening Act above, thanks to the RLJE YouTube channel.The Act’s trickiest act may just be fighting through the thicket of existing coverage clouding the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. I'm like, 'Oh man, I feel like my voice is being heard.'" While Yang is playing a fictional character in the movie, he is bringing some of his own life experience to Will Chu.
And that's hilarious.' It made me feel a little more, I guess relevant. "I remember every time seeing any Asian comedian talk about family or whatever, thinking 'Yo, that is so true. Yang spoke about his own stand-up and an epiphany he had watching other comedians. The Opening Act was announced and completed principal photography in 2018. We are so excited to bring this hilarious film to audiences this fall." The trailer does not make stand-up life look to glamorous at the beginning, but Jimmy O. Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer at RLJE Films, says, "Steve Byrne has created an entertaining and insightful film that showcases the challenges and rewards of pursuing a career in comedy, while also inviting some of the funniest people in the business to take part in his passion project. RLJE Films acquired The Opening Act at the beginning of September.
Along with the rest of the comedians in the movie, he can likely relate to some of the experiences that Will Chu goes through. Yang has been slugging it out as a stand-up comedian in real-life for years. Yang, The Opening Act also stars Alex Moffat, Cedric the Entertainer, Neal Brennan, Debby Ryan, Ken Jeong, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Jermaine Fowler, Russell Peters, Tom Segura, Iliza Shlesinger, Roy Wood Jr., Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Kathleen Madigan, Felipe Esparza, Moshe Kasher, Brooks Wheelan, and Alonzo Bodden. Even if he can take the opportunity to learn from his idols and overcome the challenges, Will still needs to decide if he should continue with the life he has, or pursue the one he has always dreamt of - the life of a comedian. Between relentless hecklers, drunk comedy groupies and hard-to-impress morning radio DJs, things get off to a rough start. When he gets the opportunity he's been waiting for, the emcee slot on the road opening for his hero Billy G., the realities of life on the stage come crashing in.
Yang plays Will Chu, who appears to have it all - the job, the girl - but what's missing is his true passion in life.