But Second Jen stands out because it is confidently doubling down on the Asian leads, as if we had already arrived in a post-racial world. Surrounding the duo are a team of producers and assistants putting together City’s Second Jen, a sitcom that is revolutionary in the fact that it stars not one, but two female Asian leads. Jen (Samantha Wan) is nervously sitting in a doctor’s office waiting for a gynecological exam. “Do you remember my first pelvic exam when my mom got me to see a gynecologist Dr. Chin?” asks Jen with alarm. Actors Wan and Joy are in the back of a former daycare centre in the west end Toronto neighbourhood of Baby Point.

Source: thestar August 09, 2016 10:01 UTC