vonronge In Season 4, Episode 18, they joke about mutilating a baby's genitals. They also say that there are "too many white people". I'm never watching another episode.

IkhwanArif Not quite the caliber of Malcolm In The Middle, Fresh Off The Boat depicts the semi- biographical life of Eddie Huang, growing in Orlando. The show is a good family friendly comedy with Randall Park nailing his bit as a hardworking Taiwanese business and family man Louis Huang trying to make a life for his family. Louis Huang is at the moment, the best representation of the modern father and role model; compassionate, loving, understanding and dedicated. TV always portray fathers as a an incompetent deadbeats. While it is entertaining, it is also outright false, misandric and derogatory. It's a breath of fresh air to see a father figure that is kind, capable and Randall Park, even though he's Korean, really did the character justice. Constance Wu is pretty good too although she is nowhere near as good as Jane Kaczmarek was in Malcolm In The Middle. In fact, this is my main criticism of the show. Being an Asian myself, who grew up in Asia, raised by an Asian mom, I know how the typical Chinese wives and mothers truly are and the character Jessica Huang is neither an accurate nor an entertaining representation of them.Asian moms are noisy, whiny, spoiled, bitchy, controlling, annoying, cruel, demanding and materialistic. Jessica Huang is portrayed as a Mary Sue, and I loathe Mary Sues. She is one dimensional and entirely unbelievable, and it's only the deftness and charm of Wu that saves the character. Kaczmarek role as Lois is MITM is a closer representation of Asian wife and mother than Jessica is, which is why I feel Constance Wu is underused. I suspect she has the range to pull off a real Asian wife and mother, which would have been so much more fun to watch. The rest of the cast is alright. Especially characters Evan and Emery Huang who are typical dutiful Asian sons and even the character Eddie Huang is well represented as the rambunctious oldest son. I have read some reviewers claiming that the show displays the Chinese as subtly racist. What? You only noticed that now?! The Chinese are pretty much the most ethnocentric and xenophobic culture in the world. They discriminate everyone and everything that is different. In fact, to me the jabs that you see in the show towards other races are too subtle, which is appropriate for the family- oriented market. All in all, it's pretty good light comedy that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

martin-intercultural The show's title and subject matter clearly imply searching and seeking. Yet I don't see any of this tentativeness in the main characters' demeanor, certainly not the parents. I have lived in Asia for the past 25 years, and I find very little of the Chineseness that surrounds me actually captured in the show. Randall Park is much too hunky to be believable as a 1990s Taiwanese immigrant daddy. And looking at Constance Wu's queen-bee, supremely confident persona, I get the impression I'm watching Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I know I can hardly expect cross-cultural depth from the creators of "Don't Trust That B***". But let's be fair - these themes have been explored quite masterfully before: Ang Lee's comedy Wedding Banquet immediately comes to mind.

Xi Chen Warning - may contain some spoilers.Yes, I know this is supposed to be a comedy. But these folks are not "fresh off the boat". What this family experiences is nothing like that of true immigrants. There is no real depiction of the difficulties of moving to a foreign country, integrating with a foreign culture or acceptance by that country's people, all races of Americans. There is no depiction difficulties brought on by language barriers. There is no depiction of the direct or subtle racism that occurs.Their English is near perfect (sans Grandma)?!? The children are immediately popular in school - really!?! All Asian kids are smart and all others aren't!?! The grandmother's hip!?! Eddie's a "hip hop gangsta" wanna be?!?There is not one realistic character in this series. I did immigrate to this country and the challenges were immense. Let's face it - children can be mean to anyone that's different; whether you're fat or have warts or are of a different race. The jokes can be incredibly harsh. This show depicts none of that. Even once fully integrated 20-30 years later, subtle and direct racism occurs.What the show does depict is a bunch of idiotic Americans (the women in the neighborhood, the workers at the restaurant, white kids happy with a report card of Cs, etc) and a Chinese family that's already well integrated into American culture with all the typical erroneous stereotypes. Even the interactions amongst the Huang family with their sibling's families are insulting and mocking stereotypes.This show is not a comedy; it is a joke and an insult to all races.