Despite its rich imagery and an Asian-American cast that includes Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang and BD Wong, Netflix animated adventure The Monkey King lacks a Chinese soul.

"Weaving political commentaries, cultural adventures, and Chinese and Native American Indian myths into stories rich in adventure and mystery, Griever, an American monkey king in China is about ...

In the opening stretch, the Monkey King (Jimmy O. Yang) hatches from a rock, glares his red laser eyes at the heavens, and declares that he’ll command the gods’ attention by defeating 100 ...

THE MONKEY King, like many iconic fictional heroes—Harry Potter, Batman, Little Orphan Annie—had an unhappy childhood. Sprung from a rock on a mythical mountain, he overcame early hardship to ...