Rate. Nguyen has been at the same auditions as Oscar nominee Chau (who is featured on “BoJack Horseman” this season as Pickles), and her dream role was one that she lost to another fellow Vietnamese American actress. Numerous YouTube videos try to either explain the pronunciation of this surname, with this video as perhaps the simplest, most straightforward one. Princess Carolyn goes on a series of blind dates. A street dancer juggling a dead-end job, family duties and a rocky love life realizes her moves are her ticket out of her working-class Durban township. Todd gets exciting news. BoJack shoots a movie at Mr. Peanutbutter’s house; Diane finishes her book. BoJack has misgivings about his new show. Mr. Peanutbutter saves the day. He’s a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. A stunt goes awry on the "Philbert" set. Months after his memoir is released, BoJack's being considered for a role that's a lifelong dream. “I got to sit in the session with her and kind of guide her with the pronunciation,” said Nguyen. The first, debuting December 6, finds Rue celebrating Christmas. Stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eddie Redmayne share their 5 reasons not to miss The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix. Mr. Peanutbutter throws his support behind Woodchuck. That’s why it rang false that the Vietnamese American character Diane Nguyen was voiced by white actress Alison Brie. Toobin reportedly masturbated during an “election simulation.”, John Oliver Christens the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant, Here’s how Frank Langella’s pro-prosecution jurist stacks up against the real man, whom Abbie Hoffman called “a, Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Gleam in the. And it breaks your heart again. “I was in the running for the role of Rose, funnily enough against Kelly Marie Tran, whom I know and adore. To help with the memoir he hopes will put him back in the spotlight, BoJack hires a ghostwriter. 1, The least this sexless Netflix version of Daphne du Maurier’s novel. With his memoir a bestseller and the movie role of his dreams, BoJack's ready to … Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Diane's tweet lands Sextina Aquafina in hot water. Diane leaks damaging information on Jessica Biel, Todd's clown dentist business hits a snag, and Princess Carolyn finds hope in an unlikely place. 07 - INT. "Philbert" is a hit, and filming begins on Season 2. Princess Carolyn, BoJack, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter learn some important lessons about love in the wake of a surprise birthday party. BoJack goes off the grid and winds up at his grandparents' dilapidated home in Michigan, where he befriends a dragonfly haunted by the past. At first you think, oh, it’s a fling. “It made me very nervous, I think because I knew it would bring up a lot of these conversations that I personally felt like I was unprepared to have. In one sequence, an American tourist mistakes her for a Vietnamese local and she decides to just go along with it. When you hear it [said] properly it’s really beautiful. Photo: NETFLIX. Todd gets a better business idea. Written by She says nothing back, letting herself be “free to be this person he thinks you are,” but of course it all blows up. And to do it so seamlessly that the strings of creating such a moment seem invisible? Champ. Error: please try again. You thought it was safe. Season 5 Episode Discussions. Log in or link your magazine subscription, Cardi B Really Didn’t Mean to Post That Nude, The Final Presidential Debate Will Officially Have a Mute Button. “There are lots of variations on how to say it in the Americanized accent, and I feel like there’s no one generally accepted way to say it.”. This FAQ is empty. Ask questions and download or stream the entire … (voice). Todd and Yolanda have difficulty hiding their asexuality when they stay at her parents' house, BoJack convinces Flip and Princess Carolyn to listen to Gina's singing after learning she's obsessed with a Broadway musical, and Pickles and Mr. Peanutbutter have a non-date in the desert to watch the explosion of the International Space Station. “We also tried to make sure the episode was consistent with the character of Diane that we’ve laid out previously and her own discomfort with her own cultural heritage,” said Bob-Waksberg. Already a subscriber? Mr. Peanutbutter romances a young waitress. It’s an important distinction to make that Diane is a Vietnamese American and therefore how she experiences America and Vietnam are distinctly different from how someone who is born and raised in Vietnam would. The truth is that no one on the show has said it correctly because it’s only been pronounced in a Westernized, non-accented way. The assistants of Hollywoo go on strike. With Diane's help, BoJack finally faces the music. Todd gets sucked into the cult of improv comedy. Princess Carolyn goes on a series of blind dates. But the colossal weight of such feelings in your adulthood, with divorce and separations and sorrow and pains that go beyond pain … well, when you empathize with those experiences, your sorrows can’t help but erupt from you like vomit. Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd get into a stinky situation with the skunk next door. Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way. She and J.P. Rosenbaum were married for eight years and share two children. (For many of my friends, details about their parents or grandparents living abroad are rarely if ever discussed). • Best Bit-Part Animal: gotta go with Hipster Party Yak, in overalls. SUB. The surname Nguyen, shared by approximately 40 percent of Vietnamese people, is comprised of the initial phoneme “ng,” which English speakers are not used to beginning a word with (but are fine pronouncing on the end of words as in “king”), and the second part “uyen” that includes a triphthong with three vowels. • This episode can’t help but bring up the ongoing issue of what happens when white voice actors end up voicing non-white parts. Angela Diaz reaches out to BoJack. On one awful day, Princess Carolyn deals with rejection, deception and loss. Torn between the mighty empire that raised him and his own tribal people, a Roman officer's conflicted allegiances lead to an epic historical clash. Diane meets Mr. Peanutbutter's brother, and Todd takes the business in a new direction. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 5 Guest Stars: A Visual Guide to Who Played Who in Hollywoo. Ingeniously, it allows the episode to address what’s going on inside Diane’s head, topic by topic, through a series of articles she has to write to justify her vacation: “10 Reasons to Visit Vietnam.” And as Diane struggles to write, she narrates her story with a pleasant shine on the positive choices she’s trying to make on this trip. Her inability to concentrate on work. You think you might find community, a sense of connection to something bigger, but you don’t. BoJack checks into Pastiches, a Malibu rehab facility, where he grapples with memories of Sarah Lynn's death and his own troubled childhood. 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Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Was this review helpful to you? BoJack's back on screen as the star of "Philbert," a new detective series produced by Princess Carolyn. But I did think, ‘Given what we’ve established as a character, let’s take that seriously and let’s explore that. Todd and Yolanda have difficulty hiding their asexuality when they stay at her parents' house, BoJack convinces Flip and Princess Carolyn to listen to Gina's singing after learning she's obsessed with a Broadway musical, and Pickles and Mr. Peanutbutter have a non-date in the desert to watch the explosion of the International Space Station. And only lately have Vietnamese actresses been seen in more aspirational roles such as Lana Condor in “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and Kelly Marie Tran in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”. Season 4 Recap: Bojack Horseman. Rarely (as seen recently in “Queen Sugar”) are they written as regular folks who happen to have the occasional Vietnamese cultural touchstones. So that being said, let’s do it and try to do it right. Painful memories come rushing back when Princess Carolyn visits her hometown and meets a pregnant teen. BoJack believes an upbeat attitude will change his life, but that attitude doesn't mesh well with his new acting job. Diane divorces Mr. Peanutbutter and moves into a shabby studio. All of her “reasons” blow up. And yet somehow, the thing we keep forgetting to talk about with BoJack Horseman is the sheer skill of its storytelling.