Awkwafina gets authentic for A24’s The Farewell trailer

After a couple hammy supporting performances last year in Ocean’s Eight and Crazy Rich Asians, Awkwafina has scored a role where she drops the schtick and it now seems kind of weird to credit her as Awkwafina. Have a look with the trailer for The Farewell, writer-director Lulu Wang’s second feature effort—based on her own pretty fucked up true story.

Awkwafina stars as Wang’s surrogate, a young woman who heads to China with her family for a wedding. The thing is, though, the wedding is actually just a coverup for visiting Grandma, who’s DYING OF CANCER AND DOESN’T KNOW IT, because everyone has decided it’s best to just keep that quiet. To reiterate, it’s pretty fucked up. What if Grandma wanted to petition Disney to see the new Star Wars early or something?

Please, let anyone dying know that they need an early screening if they want to see The Farewell before it hits theaters July 12.

Please help these sad nobodies and: