{"id":37098,"date":"2014-08-18T16:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=37098"},"modified":"2014-08-18T16:50:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:50:57","slug":"steve-byrne-irish-korean-american-writes-about-his-life-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=37098","title":{"rendered":"Steve Byrne: Irish-Korean American Writes About His Life for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Byrne: Irish-Korean American Writes About His Life for TV<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

CAAM (Center for Asian American Media)<\/a>
\n2014-08-15<\/p>\n

Dino-Ray Ramos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For three seasons on network TV, an Irish-Korean American comedian has been writing and starring in his own show, to little fanfare. Now, Steve Byrne<\/a> of TBS\u2019 Sullivan & Son<\/em><\/a> shares how he nabbed a sitcom deal, what it\u2019s like being mixed race in Hollywood<\/a>, and writing his reality.<\/p>\n

Byrne got his start in the comedy club scene in the Big Apple<\/a>. If there is one date that Byrne remembers, it\u2019s the date of his first stand-up gig. After finishing school in Ohio, he moved to New York City and crashed on his parents\u2019 couch. While looking for a job, he stumbled upon the popular comedy club, Carolines. He would watch stand-up comedians on stage and thought it looked like fun. Four months later, on September 30, 1997, he tried it out and said he just knew right away that that\u2019s what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

The season finale of Sullivan & Son<\/em> airs Tuesday, August 19th on TBS with special guest star Margaret Cho<\/a>. I had a chance to sit down with Byrne for an extensive chat about his show and about race in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Where did the idea of Sullivan & Son<\/em> come from?<\/strong>
\nVince (Vaughn)<\/a> and I used to hike all the time. He said, \u201cYou should write some for yourself because your opportunities are limited given your background.\u201d In Hollywood, I went for Asian roles but I wasn\u2019t Asian enough and I\u2019d go for white roles and wasn\u2019t white enough.<\/p>\n

I bought a bunch of books, I studied. About eight months later, I turned the script to Vince. He took a look at it and said it\u2019s pretty good. We went to meet with some showrunners. I met with Rob Long and Peter Billingsley who work with Vince Vaughn. All of us have been pals for a long time. We finessed the script. Turned it from a diner into a bar, made it a thousand times funnier, and I think within a few months, we were making it…<\/p>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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