one of my favorite quotes was helen bentley, who served in maryland from the 1980's for more than a decade. and -- but she had come up through a very male oriented culture. she had been a reporter on the docks in baltimore. she worked with the federal maritime commission, had a lot of experience. and when we put that question to her and said, what was it like coming to the house with less than two dozen women? she said, but me -- let me put it this way, they didn't exactly roll out the red carpet, but they didn't shut the door either. for that group, and up until very recently, that was the experience. >> one of the things we ask about are the obstacles the women had to face. nancy johnson talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, the members gym, and the difference between the gym at the male members and the women's. the women's gym had an old rowing machine, nothing much at all. so they talked about how they went to the member in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gyms. and he talked about the exercise equipment, and he couldn't

. >> the way we're represented in media directly i rld, h s ourselves, how people treat us. >> i'm in a bentleyer: hip-hop comedian nora lum, aka awkwafina, plays his daughter. >> let me get this straight, you both went to the same school, yet someone came back with a degree that's useful. the other one came back as asian ellen. >> papa-fina. >> i heard that, that's amazing. >> nora and i, young hollywood. they had to age me up. >> he would have been 11 when i was born. >> yeah, i was like 11. i keep texting her, huh? us young bucks, right? >> it's lit. >> it's lit af! >> reporter: at the heart of this comedy, a universal love story with a distinctly asian flavor. >> it's just great seeing you guys all like this. >> there is a dumpling scene. i've done this as a child, making korean dumplings. think it's part what was evokes thisicanshoee t>> it's so rare scenes that are so familiar to us played out on the big screen, given the hollywood treatment. i met someone yesterday who took his 70-year-old father to a screening. he said, i've never seen my father cry, but he cried at the screening. he to