

PHONY
7/12/2021 | 8m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
SUNNY, a young woman with anger management issues, has a troublesome grocery experience.
Sunny, a young Asian American woman with anger management issues, returns home to the San Gabriel Valley seeking respite from her recent career failures—but a simple grocery shopping trip with her mother may prove more than she can handle.
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PHONY
7/12/2021 | 8m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Sunny, a young Asian American woman with anger management issues, returns home to the San Gabriel Valley seeking respite from her recent career failures—but a simple grocery shopping trip with her mother may prove more than she can handle.
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- [Man] Come back to (indistinct)- - [Man] Congratulations your Domino's pizza- - [Woman] Arcadia High reunion next month!
- [Man] Sunny, we miss you here at Olive Garden.
- [Man] Nike design competition results.
- [Man] Unfortunately, we decided to go in another direction.
- Kill me.
(tires screeching) - Jesus!
- [Sunny's Mom] Sun, go get us a cart!
I'm going to look for my coupons.
I'm so glad you're here.
I bet you missed this place, no?
- Yep, definitely did.
(foreign music plays) (hacking cough) - You haven't seen a doctor for that yet?
(Sunny's mom laughs) - Nothing Vicks can't fix.
Which reminds me, I need Vicks.
Oh, you get what you want.
Okay?
(foreign music plays) - [Man] Hi, Sunny!
Thanks again for submitting your design.
While we appreciate the originality of your concept.
We ultimately decided to go with a design with a broader appeal.
Well, hope you're having a good time at home and we'll see you back at work.
- Oh, hey there, do you guys sell that extra spicy ramen?
You know the one that's supposed to light your butthole on fire?
- Ew, I don't know.
I don't work here.
- It's really great.
Oh shoot.
(jovial foreign music plays) - Uh, I touched it first.
- I think you touch the entire aisle.
- It's mine, let go.
- You let go.
Or else I tell all my followers, you touched me too and I've got millions of them.
- [Lucy's Mom] Lucy!
- Say one word and I'll have your whole family deported.
- Jesus!
- Lucy!
You better not be looking at anything in this aisle, you little fatty.
Oh, this a really good photo.
Pose!
Tiny hearts!
Okay, come here.
I have two buy one, get one free melon coupons and you are going to get in the other line.
Come on.
- But Mom, do I have to?
Yes, it's a free melon.
- Sucka.
[Sunny's Mom] Sunny!
- What about the veggies?
- Mom, this is a vegetable.
Come on, they don't have these in Portland and I'm on vacation.
- [Sunny's Mom] Fine, fine.
So tell me, how is it up there anyway?
You haven't said anything.
- It's white.
Ah yes, I know that.
How's work?
- It's work.
It's fine.
Mom, you can't do that!
- Says who?
I'm going to pay for this.
I just wanted to make sure it's good.
- Okay, but you're eating all of them.
- [Sunny's Mom] Don't change the subject, anak.
You know, you've been away for so long.
You tell me something.
- Really, there's nothing to tell.
- Oh, I have a phone call.
- Hello?
- [Mom's Friend] Hello!
What are you doing, hoy?
- [Sunny's Mom] I'm in the market (speaks in Tagalog).
She's back on vacation.
- [Mom's Friend] (speaks in Tagalog) - [Sunny's Mom] Oh, oh almost 13.
- [Mom's Friend] My daughter works all the time at the hospital, but what can you do?
At least she's making good money.
How about Sunny?
Does she make good money?
- (speaks in Tagalog) Sun, do you want to bring back crabs?
- Huh?
- You can eat it in the airplane.
If you get hungry, - No.
I'm not going to bring crabs on the plane.
Thank you though.
- Any boyfriend up there?
- Gross mom?
No.
- What?
Why can't I ask?
I am your mother.
- Yeah, exactly.
- You don't tell me anything about up there.
- Because I don't want to, I didn't come here to talk about it.
I came here to get away from it.
- (indistinct), what have I done to deserve this?
Here, use the coupon I gave you, go to the other line.
- Why can't I just stay in this line?
- Shh!
They will know that we're together.
- How?
And do you even need this many melons?
I don't even eat Melon.
- They're not for you.
They're for me.
- Okay.
I'll just give you the money.
They're only 89 cents.
- Do not be irresponsible Sunny.
You're barely making any money.
(sunny screams) (girl exclaims) - You hungry?
- Can we get Boba?
- Okay.
(radio host talking) - We'll take you round them up.
(upbeat pop music)
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