Kal Penn on how his love for comedy & America inspired the NBC comedy Sunnyside
comedy starring Kal Penn, follows Garrett Modi , the youngest New York City Councilman ever who was living the American Dream but gets lost in his way amidst the power and glamour of politics. When his career ends after being busted for public intoxication, he’s hired by a diverse group of hopefuls who dream of becoming American citizens and believe he can help – giving him a new sense of purpose and a chance for redemption, as long as he remembers where he came from.
After teaming with executive producers Matt Murray and Michael Schur, the immigration premise of the show was born. A way of keeping the immigration story grounded while blending in the comedy, Murray said, “one good thing that we’ve tried to do is our entire writing staff, which the exception of one person, is either an immigrant themselves or a child of an immigrant. We’re getting real stories in the process… We’re trying to tell a bunch of different stories around the subject. It’s not one specific thing to everyone.
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