I was curious to see this short when I learned that Jeremy Lin produced it. Ayo, Check Up tells the story of two men playing a basketball game that becomes much more than just a basketball game. I liked it enough to share it with you all.
Nathan Xia wrote and acts in Ayo, Check Up a, but he isn’t the main protagonist. Yes, Asian Americans can write about more than just Asian American themes and characters! His short takes off in unexpected directions, some of which reminded me a lot of Everything Everywhere all at Once. I had some trouble believing the motivations of a few of the actions of the characters, but overall I like it enough to recommended it.
While Jeremy Lin has retired from playing professional basketball, part of the legacy that he is building is backing films featuring Asian Americans. I just learned that he executive produced the documentary Home Court in addition to this short. Ayo, Check Up was presented on the Omeleto YouTube channel by the Asian American website Next Shark. Omeleto is a channel of excellent shorts. One could fall through the rabbit hole of this channel and spend all day looking at shorts! I am planning to share a number of their shorts on the future.
