Stephanie Hsu on how ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is helping people come out
Everything Everywhere All At Once, in which Michelle Yeoh plays a Chinese American laundromat owner in southern California who finds herself sucked into alternate universes and, in the process, gets a hair-raising chance to save the world.The film is an intricate roller coaster ride, as well as a flat-out enjoyable popcorn movie, and as a result of it being such a crowd-pleaser, it’s amassed over $70 million at the domestic box office so far.
One of the best elements of the film is that Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Path) plays Joy Wang, Yeoh’s daughter, who just happens to be a lesbian with a girlfriend (and an alter ego, too).
At a reception for the film at the Crosby Street Hotel, I talked to Hsu about the positive outcome of that plot element.QUEERTY: Hello, Stephanie.
You are a queer icon now. HSU: I know! To be any icon is very sweaty in the armpits!What I love is the matter-of-fact way the movie deals with your character’s lesbianism.
