The title takes a shot at another threadworm screen trope about Chinatowns, as hotbeds of crime and corruption, captured long ago in the classic line: Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.

In Hulu's "Interior Chinatown," Jimmy O. Yang stars as Willis Wu, a "generic Asian man" stuck in the background of police procedural show, whose luck begins to shift when he breaks into a leading role -- a trajectory that resonated heavily with the actor.

From Henry Golding to Manny Jacinto, Asian actors often struggle to break into the Hollywood A-list. New series Interior Chinatown is a playful look at what happens when an unknown waiter is finally given a big break.