After that it got so far from the truth that I don't recognize my own life. "I had to say something because I stood by the pilot. "For the record I don't watch #FreshOffTheBoat on he begins. He tweeted to his more than 60,800 followers: But last week, he couldn't keep it in any longer. Huang has been mostly congenial since the premiere, choosing to revel in congratulatory retweets and his other cultural coup: using FOB's theme song to introduce Middle America to Detroit rapper Danny Brown. Seeing young Eddie being called that slur, in prime time, to an audience of millions – it was a monumental cultural milestone for a community that's been hungry for real representation since Long Duk Dong swung on the bunk bed in Sixteen Candles. Truthfully, Huang most loved that the producers were willing to invoke the word "chink" in the climactic scene. The kicker: He backtracks in the final paragraphs to say he was proud of the pilot episode. Before it even premiered, he wrote a personal essay for New York magazine that spent 3,000 words trashing the network-television process that he feels infantilized his story.
Huang's conflicted relationship with the show that is loosely based on his life is well documented. He is the outspoken chef behind Baohaus in New York, the host of the online food show Huang's World on and the author of the memoir Fresh Off the Boat.
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Fingers are crossed that it is on track for renewal: FOB performs well in the coveted 18-49 demographic and outdraws more critically acclaimed network comedies such as The New Girl and The Mindy Project.īut because this is 2015, no TV show can be consumed without a heaping of social-media commentary. Killer casting, including a star turn from The Interview's Randall Park as the dad, makes the TV Huangs relatable, lovable and – most important – watchable. It is a wonderful pastiche of 1990s nostalgia (and the accompanying hip hop that flavours Eddie's POV), smartly scripted culture clashes and never-before-seen Chinese family values. Where FOB has succeeded so far, 11 episodes in, is in being hilarious.
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