The broad strokes of Kevin Kwan’s bestselling, compulsively readable “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy are familiar enough: it’s a girl meets boy story — and a girl-meets-boy’s-deranged-family story — the kind of subject matter that’s always ripe for a rom-com.
But Kwan’s books, loosely based on his own coming-of-age in Singapore, take that classic narrative and turn it into a vivacious love letter to contemporary Asian culture, populated by unique characters and set in the eye-popping locales of one of the world’s richest countries.Jon M.
Chu’s big screen adaptation of the material, a groundbreaking studio film that is entirely populated by Asian-American performers, is a loving take on Kwan’s books, bundled up in a wildly entertaining package.Like the first book in Kwan’s series, Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians” opens in decidedly un-luxe terms that provide insight into the kind of family we
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