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Lazy Susan

An irreverent alt-history of of a classic dining tool, and how one lazy lazy woman changed the restaurant industry forever.

At its core Lazy Susan is a family story about a Chinese American family that runs a large restaurant. Cliché dynamics are presented and turned up to 11, as a sibling rivalry takes center stage. Susan is lazy—like, unnaturally lazy—coming up with any excuse to refrain from movement. Annie, her overachieving sister, is a constantly whirring dervish of activity—you can imagine which daughter her mom prefers. 

However, when crisis hits, it is the lazy, lazy, Susan whom comes through in the clutch. A competing restaurant, Soup Station, moves in next door and, powered by its ingenious innovation (self-serve soup!) the family finds itself in business trouble. How can their traditional Chinese restaurant compete? From this humble beginning, the legend of Susan is born.