The Movie
Where did this originate from?
A cast member frames the film as an invitation to look back.
In premiere-week coverage from Entertainment Now dated May 9, cast member Crystal Lowe described her hope for All's Fair in Love & Mahjong: that it brings people to ask where this originated from.
It is an invitational line rather than a defensive one, and it points the curious viewer toward the game's Chinese origins rather than away from them. Executive producer Joel Rice, in the same coverage cycle, called the heritage very important and said the cast talked about it every day of shooting.
OOTT is not affiliated with the film. We carry these on the record because a newcomer who asks where the game came from has started in the right place.