Alice Wu’s film “The Half of It” was set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. It had a prime spot on opening weekend and it was good to go for a theatrical release but then COVID-19 happened.
Like all festivals, it was canceled, but Wu just rolled with the punches. “I’m bummed that my friends and family aren’t going to see it in the theater because honestly, this film just really works in the theater… the way we shot it, the sound design — everything,” Wu told Deadline. “Maybe I’m in denial, but I actually wasn’t as bummed as one might have thought.” “The Half of It,” which debuts on Netflix today just in time for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, marks Wu’s return to filmmaking since her first feature “Saving Face.” Released in