Season 1, Ep. 6: Fruit Fly

This week, we're talking about 2009's Fruit Fly, a comedy musical by H.P. Mendoza starring L.A. Renigan as Maribel, a performance artist living in San Francisco, making new friends and finding her way. Brian learns that H.P. Mendoza comedies can make you laugh one minute and want to drink your sorrows away the next. Ada looks back nostalgically on her gay clubbing days and appreciates that no one lined up in a circle accusing her of being a fag hag (as they do to L.A. Renigen's character in the movie), but imagines she would have been okay with it if they had done it through song. They'll both always remember that magical Fruit Fly premiere night at The Castro Theatre in San Francisco, surrounded by Colma: The Musical fans, anticipating what delights the team would bring us next. 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.

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Wake up! Saturday School is a podcast where Brian Hu (@husbrian) and Ada Tseng (@adatseng) teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history. New episodes released Saturdays at 8am, when all your friends are still in bed watching cartoons. It'll be a blast from the past, as they dig up some of their favorite works they've come across covering Asian American arts & entertainment over the years -- and discover other gems for the first time. Saturday School is a proud founding member of Potluck, a collective of podcasts featuring unique stories and voices from the Asian American community. Sign up for our newsletter below for lecture notes!