{"id":15517,"date":"2023-03-16T12:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15517"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:44:41","slug":"sxsw-exclusive-video-interview-kevin-yee-on-his-pilot-a-guide-to-not-dying-completely-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15517","title":{"rendered":"SXSW Exclusive Video Interview: Kevin Yee on His Pilot \u2018A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Kevin Yee has plenty of talent, but he noticed that there weren\u2019t stories that felt authentic to him as a Queer Asian in Hollywood. Now, he\u2019s starting to change that, as showrunner and star of <strong><em>A Guide to Not Completely Dying Alone<\/em><\/strong>, which premieres in the Independent TV Pilot Competition at the SXSW Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak with Yee about the process of pitching the show and ultimately trimming it down and what it feels like to be headed to SXSW, as well as other highlights of his career, including a supporting role on the eccentric Apple TV+ series <strong><em>Dickinson<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15518\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15518\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Guide-to-Not-Dying-Alone.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Yee in A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone. Photo courtesy SXSW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pilot summary:<\/p>\n<p><em>A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone<\/em>\u00a0follows a queer Asian writer who passes out in a gay bar bathroom, wakes up in the hospital, and realizes he is detached from society. Terrified of dying alone, he decides to change his life for the better and chronicles his journey in a self help book he writes called &#8220;A Guide To Not Dying Completely Alone.&#8221; A bitchy\u00a0<em>Eat, Pray, Love<\/em>\u00a0for 2023, this show is about mortality, forgiveness, and starting over, all from a queer Asian perspective. But it isn&#8217;t about our differences, it&#8217;s about what makes us similar. And it isn&#8217;t about dying, it&#8217;s about how to live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0LLxM64-xlg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A GUIDE TO NOT DYING COMPLETELY ALONE (TEASER)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LLxM64-xlg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone<\/em> <\/strong>premieres at SXSW with <a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2023\/films\/2079189\">screenings<\/a> on March 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Comedian Kevin Yee has plenty of talent, but he noticed that there weren\u2019t stories that felt authentic to him as a Queer Asian in Hollywood. Now, he\u2019s starting to change that, as showrunner and star of A Guide to Not Completely Dying Alone, which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[14669,14668,5608,14667,3373,134,14655,12554,14670],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SXSW Exclusive Video Interview: Kevin Yee on His Pilot \u2018A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone\u2019 | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kevin Yee discusses his role as showrunner and star of A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone, his pilot premiering at SXSW.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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