KORE E Magazine – August 2019

MAN IN FULL horror are very similar in that FE ATU RE“Comedy and they both rely on a set up and a payoff." Photo by Tommy Garcia ...

FE ATU RE Flags of His Grandfathers Funny man Derek Mio’s career turned serious when he reached into his family story to tell a ...

For Woo, Infamy’s showrunner, finding people to work on the show who had deep personal connections, like Mio, was of the utmost ...

FIRST PERSON SHOOTER “Chester is like a composite of both of my grandfathers wrapped up into one.” Photo courtesy of Ed Araquel/ ...

THE TREATMENT DRESS TO KILL FOR Yu’s illustration was originally created in paint, not with a computer. ...

THE TREATMENT For each issue, we choose an unproduced screen- play and present it to you as a one-page description of the propos ...

COVER STORY NOBLE CABBAGE Zauner pickled this vegetable Michelle later on that day. Dress by Cardinal NYC. ...

COVER STORY I’ve witnessed a legend in the making exactly once. It was the day before my junior-year finals, the last gasp of a ...

COVER STORY over whelmingly white. “Like most creative types, I always really identified as an outsider, and around 16, I felt v ...

MATCH POINT Zauner welcomed Character Media into her Philly home for this photo shoot. Dress by Cardinal NYC. ...

COVER STORY ROCK STEADY Zauner poses with her trusty red-and-white Fender Stratocaster, an instrument that she learned how to pl ...

COVER STORY ventionally attractive woman.” Heat Rocks podcast founder and Character Media contributor Oliver Wang notes that Asi ...

COLUMN M E AT C UTE Above: Cheeseburger Potstickers Below: Rice Wine-Braised Lamb Shanks Reprinted with permission from Chinese ...

COLUMN food for thought TEXT BY OLIVER WANG Con Fusion It’s only natural that food ways mingle and merge in a diverse society, b ...

COLUMN YES, CHEF Chinese American chef, author and TV presenter Ken Hom was raised in Chicago. Photo courtesy of Ken Hom. I pull ...

COLUMN NEXT GEN Born and raised in Beijing, Shirley Chung is a two-time Top Chef finalist. Photo courtesy of Albert Law. Oliver ...

REVIEW | FILM Bruce Springsteen’s swaggering good looks, timeless lyrics and low, throaty vocals have earned him permanent statu ...

REVIEW | TV TEXT BY SERENA KIM Who needs a haunted house for creepy-crawlies when you’ve got an internment camp? The second seas ...

REVIEW | BOOKS What would you do if you had to hide your boss underneath your floorboards? TEXT BY MAE HAMILTON Forget Me Not Th ...

REVIEW | MUSIC TEXT BY MAE HAMILTON Mirages and Melodies A number of important cultural figures, like Geor- gia O’Keeffe and eve ...