'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu says creativity isn't magic — it's hard work
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Chu takes his inspiration from his dad, a Chinese immigrant who worked both the front room and the kitchen of their family-run restaurant: "The guy that in the back of the kitchen, that was my hero."
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