Ali Wong on Foodie Culture, Keanu Reeves, and the Return of Rom-Coms W
There are plenty of reasons to watch Ali Wong’s latest project, Always Be My Maybe. For one, the Netflix rom-com has the comedian starring alongside Randall Park of Fresh Off the Boat fame and their banter is laughably, if not at times painfully, relatable. There is also the fact that the film doubles as a timely satire on foodie culture, placing a mirror up to the extreme lengths we collectively go to for tasting menus. (The scene where they dine in a science lab of a restaurant called Maximal, which pairs venison with headphones that allow you to hear your protein as it died, is too much …