When Taiwanese American Jeremy Lin took the court with the New York Knicks in 2012, no one could’ve predicted what would happen next.
Lin, now 34, stunned the world when he led the Knicks to a seven-game win streak in February 2012. As a backup point guard, he had played just 55 minutes across the team's first 23 games.to make it to the league, had to regularly endure racial slurs and, as he says in the film, was trying hard to make sure he didn't get cut from the team.
"Anti-Asian violence truly is just the weaponization of stereotypes that have been there forever," Chi told Axios. "And Linsanity is the product of people underestimating him because of stereotypes — I thought about it from that angle from the start." It explores both the backstory of Lin's rise to fame — just how many times he came close to being cut — and the current landscape of anti-Asian hate in America.Linsanity is a lot of people's "favorite Asian American memory during the worst time to be Asian American," Chi said. "That's what the 10-year anniversary feels like."
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