I have been developing the script for more than three years. This story is based on my personal experience of growing up in Asia and moving to America. And of course, the tiger mom character in the script is influenced by my own mother! Like a lot of Asian people, I have such complicated feelings and relationships with my conventional parents. I believe this tension between generations can be seen as a conflict between Eastern and Western cultures.

Why Eastern and Western cultures? I was born and raised in Taipei City. Kids born in the 90s are the generation who grew up with a lot of American culture. I listened to American music; I watched American movies and TV shows. It wasn’t until I moved to New York and witnessed so many different kinds of immigrants moving to America every day that I started to question the deeper reasons behind it. Could there be a political and social power struggle behind it?

And I wondered, growing up in a mixed, Americanized culture, what kind of person does that make me? What are we searching for in America? What is the American dream in our generation? What is the price for American dreams? This story is dedicated to those who struggle between different cultural values.

『Miss Mermaid人魚小姐』是我撰寫多年的長片劇本。這個故事中許多環節是取材自我個人的生命經歷，包括在台北長大、以及搬到美國讀書。而劇本中虎媽的角色也是根據我媽改編寫出來的。 和很多亞洲人一樣，我和我傳統的父母有著複雜的感情和關係。 我認為這種時代衝突，亦可看成東西方文化差異。

為什麼是東西方文化呢？ 我是90後在台北出生的小孩，是在大量美國文化中長大的一代。 我聽美國音樂、看美國電影電視。當時沒有感覺，直到後來我搬到紐約，目睹這裡有有那麼多各式各樣的移民，我才開始質疑這背後是否有更深層的脈絡，並意識到這背後存在著政治和社會權力的不對等。

我不禁思考，美國化文化是如何影響我的身份認同? 我們到底在美國追尋什麼？ 我們這一代人的美國夢是什麼？ 美國夢的代價又是什麼？這個故事獻給所有在不同文化價值之間拉扯的人們。