Last week, Ken Jeong made his debut in the second episode of the new NBCs show Community, a comedy which follows the lives of community college students of diverse backgrounds. In the show, Ken portrays the self-described Spanish teacher, Señor Chang. In his first class, Señor Chang gives a nice little speech about him being a Spanish teacher: “Every once in a while, a student will come up to me and ask ‘Why do you teach Spanish?’ ” This reminded me of when I first started work and someone asked me – “Where are you from?” – and when I reply I’m from Massachusetts, he asked me “No, where are you really from?”
Why can’t Ken Jeong be a Spanish teacher? Of course he can be and that is what I love about his speech… Señor Chang then goes a little crazy and I worry he’s going to be a Vince Vaughn like character, but then acts normally – which I hope Ken remains, since in a lot of his movie roles, who often goes overboard, which can get tiring quickly.
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4 Comments to “Ken Jeong’s Debut on NBC’s Community”
Philip Hoang wrote:
Here's a Q&A with him from ChannelAPA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiaTSaWsy74
Posted on 02-Oct-09 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
Eric wrote:
You're right he does play that little crazy over the top character in all his roles, but I'm loving Community. He was funny in his scene and that's all that matters. His line about mysterious, something and rubbing his imaginary beard was the best.
Posted on 02-Oct-09 at 5:54 pm | Permalink
Philip wrote:
Here's a Q&A with him from Channel APA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiaTSaWsy74
Posted on 02-Oct-09 at 6:27 pm | Permalink
bumfromkorea wrote:
I can totally see where he's going with the over-the-top, hyper-stereotypical Asian characters (often with chips on their shoulders)… but I think he may be a few decades ahead of his time…
Posted on 05-Oct-09 at 9:57 pm | Permalink
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