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==Other media== Tan was the "lead rhythm dominatrix,β backup singer and second tambourine with the [[Rock Bottom Remainders]] literary garage band. Before the band retired from touring, it had raised more than a million dollars for literacy programs. Tan appeared as herself in the third episode of Season 12 of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=Amy Tan, Novelist |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_tan |website=TED.com |last1=Tan |first1=Amy }}</ref> Tan's work has been adapted into several different forms of media. ''The Joy Luck Club'' was adapted into a play, in 1993; that same year, director [[Wayne Wang]] adapted the book into a [[The Joy Luck Club (film)|film]]. ''The Bonesetter's Daughter'' was adapted into an [[The Bonesetter's Daughter (opera)|opera]], in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kosman |first=Joshua |date=September 15, 2008 |title=Opera review: 'Bonesetter's Daughter' |url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Opera-review-Bonesetter-s-Daughter-3195073.php |access-date=January 31, 2017 |website=SF Gate}}</ref> Tan's children's book, ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (book)|Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]],'' was adapted into an [[PBS]] animated television show, also named ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sagwa: About the show |url=http://pbskids.sproutonline.me/sagwa/caregivers/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017062246/http://pbskids.sproutonline.me/sagwa/caregivers/index.html |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |publisher=PBS Kids |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In May 2021, the documentary ''Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir'' was released in the [[American Masters]] series on [[PBS]]. (It was later released on [[Netflix]].)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/stream-amy-tan-unintended-memoir-documentary/17722/|title=American Masters: Amy Tan|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref>
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