Ep. 302: Blue Bayou and Narrative Ownership

Escape From Plan A

(Warning: Spoilers! Time stamps will be provided during podcast) Chris, Adam, and returning guest John Bai sit down to review and discuss the recent movie 'Blue Bayou' written, direct, and starred in by Justin Chong. 'Blue Bayou' follows the events in the life of Korean-American adoptee Antonio LeBlanc (Justin Chon), his pregnant wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and her daughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske) after they learn that Antonio is not an American citizen as they always believed and is faced with deportation to South Korea. The three then discuss the controversy surrounding the movie which centers on accusations that Chon did not get the permission of Adam Crapser and other deported and at risk of deportation adoptees to use details of their lives in the making of 'Blue Bayou'. This discussion leads into a conversation of the idea of Narrative Ownership since Justin Chon is not an adoptee himself. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Adam (@snbatman) John (@BohnJai) Plan A Podcast series on Adoptees Without Citizenship: https://soundcloud.com/plan-a-magazine/sets/the-manufactured-crisis SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: [e-mail] UA Theme: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu