Many things make Always Be My Maybe a memorable film — the kimchi-jjigae in the opening scene and Keanu Reeves are only two of them. Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park) are neighbors in San Francisco and childhood friends. The young Sasha arrives home from school, removes her shoes by the door and listens to a recorded message from her mother that her parents are working late, she should fix dinner and not watch TV. Young Sasha fixes dinner for herself and you just know that the girl has serious ideas about eating when she sprinkles furikake over her molded rice and arranges the slices of SPAM beside it.
Kimchi-jjigae and Asian-Americans in "Always Be My Maybe"
Kimchi-jjigae and Asian-Americans in "Always…
Many things make Always Be My Maybe a memorable film — the kimchi-jjigae in the opening scene and Keanu Reeves are only two of them. Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park) are neighbors in San Francisco and childhood friends. The young Sasha arrives home from school, removes her shoes by the door and listens to a recorded message from her mother that her parents are working late, she should fix dinner and not watch TV. Young Sasha fixes dinner for herself and you just know that the girl has serious ideas about eating when she sprinkles furikake over her molded rice and arranges the slices of SPAM beside it.