Fresh Off the Boat and the Lighter Side of Immigrant Assimilation
ImmigrationProf previously posted about “Fresh Off the Boat“, the ABC sitcom based on celebrity chef’ Eddie Huang‘s memoir. (Huang has been critical of the depiction of his life in the show.). It is the first network primetime show to feature an Asian-American family in 20 years.
The show is set in 1995 and 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there. Orlando doesn’t even have a Chinatown—unless you count the Huang house.
In Fresh Off The Boat’s season finale, Jessica, the family matriarch, worries over whether or not she and her kids have assimilated too much, a common concern of immigrant parents.. For a further look at the finale on NPR, click here.
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