During a recent visit to the Bay Area, Jokoy explained he hopes that Filipinos will see themselves represented onscreen in a positive way and, at the same time, non-Filipinos will connect to the characters in a universal way.
Jo Koy wants his new movie “Easter Sunday” — which opens Friday in Bay Area theaters — to make audiences laugh, but something else is at stake for the famous comedian.
Koy said he began performing stand-up in the late 1980s, getting material from his family, mainly from his Filipino mother and, later, his teen son. “Easter Sunday” was in the planning stages when Cheng and Koy met over dinner and immediately bonded. Cheng is married to a Filipino woman and is surrounded by Daly City’s rich Filipino community.
“I can’t write stand-up better than Jo Koy,” he said. “I knew he was going to come up with the material on the day, and he did.” Also memorable is Koy’s idiot cousin Eugene, played by the wonderful character actor Eugene Cordero . Cordero helped Koy through what was essentially the comedian’s first real job of acting.
“I’m tired of Filipino food being a joke,” said Koy. “Instead of making fun of our food, let’s celebrate our food. When you sit down and eat dinner with somebody, you learn about them through their food. I want people to go home and say, ‘I want to try that dish.’”
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