“In the next few years, we’re going to see a lot more diversity in terms of what we mean by A.A.P.I.,” mentioned Jeremiah Abraham, a co-producer of “Yellow Rose” who runs a advertising and communications company specializing in Asian American initiatives. “There is more talent out there than we are giving access and opportunities to.”

“Beef” chronicles a feud between Amy, an prosperous entrepreneur feeling stress to promote her small enterprise, and Danny, a struggling contractor who can not appear to catch a break. The sequence places anger on full show, but it surely manifests in another way for the 2 tormentors. Amy, who married into art-world cash, should smile via numerous indignities. Danny, weighed down by the duty he feels for his youthful brother, Paul (Young Mazino), and his ex-convict cousin, weasels his approach into Amy’s dwelling and urinates throughout her rest room.

As Amy and Danny’s quests for revenge entangle family members, the sequence additionally offers viewers an in depth have a look at the churchgoing Korean neighborhood in Southern California and presents a number of variations of masculinity for its Asian American characters.

Joseph Lee, who performs Amy’s lonely, validation-hungry husband, George, mentioned he noticed “vulnerability and insecurity” in his character. Mazino mentioned Paul seems on the poisonous masculinity of his brother and cousin and tries to forge a special path. “There’s no one example that represents all of that,” Lee mentioned.

(“Beef” was itself the target of considerable anger this 12 months when a 2014 podcast episode resurfaced during which David Choe, who performs the cousin, spoke of coercing a masseuse into oral intercourse. He later mentioned the story was made up. But amid the uproar over the revelations, some viewers, together with many Asian Americans, grappled with whether to support the show.)

Actors mentioned that engaged on initiatives like “Beef” that characteristic all-Asian casts has allowed race to recede into the background, and for nuanced characters like George and Paul to take the highlight.