Season 1, Ep. 9: Chutney Popcorn

For this week's episode of Saturday School, we're talking about the 1999 film Chutney Popcorn by Nisha Ganatra. It's about two sisters -- one who's devastated to learn she can't have children, and the other who contemplates being her surrogate mother. Typical comedic fare. Brian wonders why unconventional, improvised families are such a popular theme in Asian American film. Ada thinks we're all living in an absurd comedy, even if we -- like the characters in Chutney Popcorn -- think we think we're in a stressful drama. They spend the last three minutes of the podcast thinking very deeply about popcorn. Saturday School is a podcast where we teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history. First season will be about Asian American film comedies. 10 episodes will be released every Saturday at 8am, which is when we were forced to go to Chinese school as kids.