9 episodes
Magnificent Jerk Apple TV+
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 479 Ratings
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On the last day of her grandmother’s life, journalist Maya Lin Sugarman finds a box of forgotten screenplays that sets her on a journey to uncover the truth about their author: her late uncle, Galen. She discovers that he was a leader of a Chinese gang, that he went to jail, and, in a final twist, that he poured his life story into a screenplay that was turned into a ’90s Hollywood action movie…starring Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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The Screenplay
Maya goes to visit her dying grandmother. While there, she’s given a box that sends her on a mission to discover her family’s biggest secrets and their connection to Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.
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沙塵 (saa cen)
Growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, Galen Yuen was known for getting into trouble. But was he capable of murder? Maya ventures into her uncle’s past to learn the truth about a violent gang war and how it influenced his Hollywood screenplay.
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Choo Choo Cherry
A recording reveals the crime that would ultimately put Galen in jail. But how bad did things need to get before it was time for him to make a change? Fiction becomes reality when Maya discovers the real-life love interest from his screenplay.
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Lowlife No. 1
Maya traces Galen’s surprising move to Hollywood to become an actor. And she learns that his greatest asset in this new world is his past.
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Bratislava
Deep in Slovakia, a ragtag team of filmmakers do their best to create a high-octane action film. Maya finally learns how her uncle’s story was whitewashed.
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Chasing the Dream
Galen takes the helm as a director in a final bid for success. Maya revisits his other scripts and realizes what he was trying to say all along.
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Customer Reviews
Fascinating!
I finished Magnificent Jerk today and I actually cried. It was amazing. This world is so far removed from my white, Mormon, Utah world but I was so taken in by your storytelling. Phenomenal job to you all. Much love and thanks!
Surreptitious Tear-Jerker
One of my co-workers told me about this show a couple of days ago and I just binged the entire show in one day. Definitely didn’t expect to cry as much as I did towards the end of the series. Kudos to Maya for her storytelling and her team for the amazing production of this show.
Absolutely fascinating!
This was such a ride from beginning to end! I wasn’t expecting to be as moved as I was by the end of it, either.