This week, we discuss writer/director Alice Wu's return to filmmaking with her new feature film The Half of It, now streaming on Netflix. A modern twist on Cyrano de Bergerac taking place in a small town in Washington starring Leah Lewis as Ellie Chu a social outcast and only Asian girl in school, Daniel Diemer as Paul Munsky, the jock with a heart of gold she's helping, and Alexxis Lemire as Aster Flores, the object of both their affections.

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The Half of It