Posted on 03/18/2015 11:42:53 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Just watched my first (and last) viewing of the new TV show, 'Fresh Off the Boat' last evening. After about 10 minutes, I couldn't believe what I was watching - had this show been about any other people group it never would have made it to the studio.
The show is about a Taiwanese family that immigrates to America in the 1990's. It's main character retells his growing up in America. The father figure in the family works at a store for his brother in Washington D.C. but decides to open a restaurant in Orlando, FL. So he moves his whole family to Florida.
What happens next is basic montage of 'White Racists Stereotypes' strung together to make a story.
1) The main character wishes he was still living in D.C. - he flashes back to living there as some white tourists try and ask him where the White House is; of course they assume he can't speak English and break in to a broken American Chinese dialect while asking.
2) Next flash to the 'Western Steak House' restaurant the dad opens. Business is slow so he decides the reason "white people" aren't coming to his restaurant are, the greeter is Asian - so he proceeds to hire a white greeter.
3) The son has an ordeal as lunchtime at school when he opens the noodle dish his mom prepared for him. All the white kids are eating prepackaged 'Lunchables' and ask him to leave the table because his food smells. He moves to another table where a black kid sits, and the black kid says, "I guess those white people weren't as accommodating as you thought they would be."
This was pretty much the theme for 30 minutes.
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ ? Only if it was about today’s catch ,LOL
I haven’t seen it and now I’ll make sure I don’t. Thanks for the cautionary post.
Never heard of it.
Probably yet another one and done season thing.
Vote with your thumb.
Change the channel.
Orlando? LOL! Ain’t no Taiwanese in Orlando. Stupid producers.
Now, if they made the character Vietnamese ...
I remember seeing the previews for it, and thought that if I were of Asian descent, I would be insulted. the preview was full of stereotyping.
I haven’t bothered watching the show, and now I know I won’t be missing anything!
More propaganda and programming for those who hate whites but want to take over in countries built by whites ... tick tock tick tock ...
says Comedy at IMDb and 8.3 rating
Haven’t seen it. I’ve been too busy ignoring Empire.
Been that way for years.
The Mom is one hot little won ton
I don’t suppose, at any point in the program, anybody said, “Gee, since these white Americans are so evil and stupid, maybe we should go back to Taiwan”?
Present day television is unwatchable(and has been for quite a few years)
I watched it once.
It was one cliche after another.
Stereotypes are abundant throughout the script and it wasn’t very funny.
I’m of Asian ancestry and I thought it was terrible.
The only worse ‘Asian’ centric show was that fat Korean lesbo show they tried a few years ago. It was so bad I couldn’t watch it through the premier episode....................
Well, if it’s “hate YT”, then inherently it can’t be racist, right?
I heard that from a Rev White the other day.
Being anti-white is NOT racist.
I stick with ME-TV.
OK - that's why I didn't turn the channel :)
Or the smart-a$$ all-knowing mature child. . .
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