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“MY LIFE DISORIENTED” Ready for National Broadcast
Asian/Pacific American TV Pilot Premieres on PBS Dec. 26th

LOS ANGELES, CA – December 13, 2006 – A new Asian/Pacific American television show called “My Life Disoriented” will premiere on PBS with national broadcasts starting Dec. 26th. The future of the show could well depend on audience response to the original “pilot” episode airing as part of the acclaimed series, “Independent Lens.”

The show’s impressive cast includes Karin Anna Cheung (Better Luck Tomorrow), Tamlyn Tomita (The Joy Luck Club), Dennis Dun (Big Trouble In Little China), Autumn Reeser (The O.C.), and Di Quon (Maid In Manhattan).

Cheung, a familiar face from the 2003 film “Better Luck Tomorrow,” recently remarked in an Asian Week article, “I remember being so excited when Margaret Cho's ‘All American Girl’ was going to be the first Asian American sit com -- actually, it didn't even occur to me until then that we didn't HAVE a show. It's cool to be able to possibly do the same thing for a new generation.”

The creators of “My Life Disoriented,” including actor Quon, writer Claire Yorita Lee, and director Eric Byler (charlotte sometimes, AMERICANese), are asking people across the country to E-Mail their local PBS affiliate to request more air dates (with better air times -- some PBS affiliates are showing it at 3 AM) and to express interest in seeing the show become a series.

E-Mail your local PBS affiliate:
http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html

And Please Copy “My Life Disoriented” producers at:
contact@mylifedisoriented.com

Find Out When "My Life Disoriented" Airs in Your Area
http://deerstudio.com/myspace.mld/

You Tube:

High School Clip (with Karin Anna Cheung, Di Quon, Autumn Reeser, Amanda Fuller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qk57L6LBPY

Family Clip (with Tamlyn Tomita, Dennis Dunn, Di Quon, Phil Young, and Karin Anna Cheung)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jftiJIqIOL8

www.MyLifeDisoriented.com
www.MySpace.com/MyLifeDisoriented

SYNOPSIS:
Life gets turned upside down for Bay Area teens Kimberlee and Aimee when their father loses his job and relocates the family to Bakersfield. Suddenly, Kimberlee and Aimee are two of only a handful of Asian American kids at their school. In episode one, Kimberlee quickly makes friends with a street-smart outcast named Tisa, but the new friendship is strained when three “popular” girls take Kimberlee under their wing. Meanwhile, Aimee puts on a brave face for the sake of the family, but shares the cause of her secret suffering with her peculiar, mixed-race cousin, Phil.

QUOTE FROM PHIL YOUNG – “Cousin Phil”
“I ran into Hira Ambrosino who plays my Aunt on the show. Hira mentioned that she noticed her 15-year old son soon was drawn to the show as mixed characters showed up on the screen. She told me he watched the show 3 more times, and that each time, he seemed more 'into' it. I had not thought that a role I would play would make a difference in a teenager's life. For that reason, among many others,I am proud to be part of this production. This teen is exactly who mainstream Hollywood is ignoring - and I know exactly how that feels.”

QUOTE FROM DENNIS DUN (Big Trouble in Little China) – “Johnny Fung”
“My Life Disoriented” captures a slice of Asian Americana with deft humor, complexity and humanity. It breaks new ground for American television.

"My Life Disoriented" The Series:

Although My Life Disoriented explores certain nuances unique to the Asian American experience, its presentation is de-signed for mainstream appeal. The High School Genre is the perfect format for this goal. Social pressures that affect us in adult life are universally magnified in high school, where rigid standards of beauty and behavioral expectations can make anyone feel like an outcast. Whether it’s new braces, a weight problem, or just a bad haircut that separates an adolescent from the norm, almost anyone who experiences or reflects upon these years can relate to the fear of social isolation. In this environment, the challenges facing Kimberlee and Aimee as minorities in a mostly Caucasian high school are not as foreign as one might otherwise expect. Kimberlee and Aimee hope that they will be accepted by the “in-crowd” at their new school just as any teenager would. But does their status as “the only Asian girls in the entire county” make them more suitable for an outcast group? By exploring this question within the framework of the quintessentially American High School Genre, My Life Disoriented provides mainstream audiences with a window in which they can see themselves reflected, regardless of race. The final scenes of the first episode demonstrate how universally compelling a high school drama can be.

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