As a fan of Russel Wright who was recommended your Hong Kong Burger video I was pleasantly surprised by this video. As an American who's wondered how the Chinese-American restaurant became a cultural phenomenon, I never knew it was so deeply connected with American history, international politics, diplomacy, and trade. I love your content, your videos are amazing! Subscribed!
i really cannot describe how much i LOVE this series - your obvious enthusiasm for so many different subjects (and learning and investigation in general) brought forth through one interesting lens of american chinese food... the amount of research that must go into every video (menus, background information, newspaper clippings, design book scans, so much b-roll to source)... and you have a great voice for voiceovers on top of all that. AND you pump out these videos like clockwork. kudos to you!!
You had me at "so much b-roll to source" hahah, sourcing still takes as much time as editing. Thank you so much for your kind, kind words. It made me very happy.
This is so interesting and informative! And oh my god, my jaw dropped when I saw the hot pink vinyl in the Shun Lee Dynasty. Indeed a surprise for being a Russell Wright design 😂 The papercut dinnerware was very interesting (and I thought cute!) as well.
As an Ohio boy and a modest collector of Russel Wright pottery, it's always cool to see mid-mod designers step out of their comfort zone. Also love seeing that he kept using Ohio manufacturers even for his offbeat work. Great video!
I bought a few more of his pieces WHILE working on this episode, haha. I even bought some melamine ones for my toddler and they are already stained by raspberries!!!!
As a fan of Russel Wright who was recommended your Hong Kong Burger video I was pleasantly surprised by this video. As an American who's wondered how the Chinese-American restaurant became a cultural phenomenon, I never knew it was so deeply connected with American history, international politics, diplomacy, and trade. I love your content, your videos are amazing! Subscribed!
i really cannot describe how much i LOVE this series - your obvious enthusiasm for so many different subjects (and learning and investigation in general) brought forth through one interesting lens of american chinese food... the amount of research that must go into every video (menus, background information, newspaper clippings, design book scans, so much b-roll to source)... and you have a great voice for voiceovers on top of all that. AND you pump out these videos like clockwork. kudos to you!!
You had me at "so much b-roll to source" hahah, sourcing still takes as much time as editing. Thank you so much for your kind, kind words. It made me very happy.
This is so interesting and informative! And oh my god, my jaw dropped when I saw the hot pink vinyl in the Shun Lee Dynasty. Indeed a surprise for being a Russell Wright design 😂 The papercut dinnerware was very interesting (and I thought cute!) as well.
I didn't know if I had enough material to do a full episode on it, but when I first saw it I was like, YES, I WANT THIS IN AN EPISODE, haha
Awesome vid! I learned a lot
great video = )
As an Ohio boy and a modest collector of Russel Wright pottery, it's always cool to see mid-mod designers step out of their comfort zone. Also love seeing that he kept using Ohio manufacturers even for his offbeat work.
Great video!
I bought a few more of his pieces WHILE working on this episode, haha. I even bought some melamine ones for my toddler and they are already stained by raspberries!!!!