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Dma e Rob e r t s The a l l -Ame r ican s i tcom W h en Ma rga r e t Ch o ’ s t e l ev i s i on sh ow “A l l - o f f th e b oa t ” (FOB ) — wh i ch ha s l ong b e en a d e r oga - Am e r i can G i r l ” d ebu t ed on S ep t emb e r 14 , t o ry t e rm f o r a r e c en t A s ian imm ig ran t — a s a t i t l e . 1994 , i t ma rk ed th e f i r s t t im e t e l ev i s i on Huang ’ s i r r ev e r en t m on ik e r wa s an e f f o r t t o tak e aud i en c e s saw an en t i r e A s ian fam i ly ev e ry w e ek in ba ck own e r sh ip o f a s lu r t o r em ov e i t s p ow e r mu ch th e sam e laugh - t ra ck t rad i t i on o f “S e in f e ld , ” l ik e p layw r igh t Dav id H en ry Hwang d id in th e “R o sann e , ” and “E l l en ”— o th e r s i t c om s a i r ing th en . 1980 s w i th h i s p layFOB .Th e t i t l e i rk s many A s ian Y e t Ch o ’ s sh ow fa c ed a ba r rag e o f c r i t i c i sm f r om Am e r i can s and c on fu s e s n on -A s ian s ab ou t h ow t o b o th r ev i ew e r s and A s ian Am e r i can s . r e sp ond t o i t . 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Sh e and a c t o r s B .D . p o r t ray ed A s ian s fav o rab ly , bu t W ong and Amy H i l l ca r r i ed in th e la s t f ew y ea r s th e r e ha s th em s e lv e s w i th g ra c e and w i t b e en an in c r ea s e in g o od r o l e s wh i l e t o s s ing o f f qu i ck ba rb s . f o r A s ian -Am e r i can a c t o r s in Many A s ian Am e r i can s d e c r i ed h i t sh ow s su ch a s “Pa rk s and R e c r ea t i on , ” “Wa lk ing D ead , ” th e u s e o f K o r ean d ia l e c t s , “Th e G o od W i f e , ” “C ommun i ty , ” wh i ch s e em ed mu ch l igh t e r “Th e M indy P r o j e c t , ” “E l em en - than many imm ig ran t a c c en t s ta ry , ” and “Hawa i i F iv e -O . ” Bu t I had h ea rd — in c lud ing tha t o f th e r e ha s n o t b e en a s i t c om my Ta iwan e s e m om . ba s ed s o l e ly on th e s t o r i e s o f an I t wa s a g r oundb r eak ing A s ian -Am e r i can fam i ly . “F r e sh sh ow tha t un f o r tuna t e ly la s t ed O f f th e B oa t ” r ep r e s en t s a on ly on e s ea s on . 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My m om c e r ta in ly had a th i ck e r h ou s ema t e s . iwan e s e a c c en t and d idn ’ t sp eak a s Tw en ty y ea r s la t e r , i t ’ s s t i l l a h ea r tb r eak ing Ta ramma t i ca l ly c o r r e c t Eng l i sh a s th e pa r en t s m om en t f o r Ch o and A s ian -Am e r i can t e l ev i s i on g lay ed by C on s tan c e Wu and Randa l l Pa rk ) on th e h i s t o ry . En t e r “F r e sh O f f th e B oa t , ” a n ew s i t c om (p ow . tha t p r em i e r ed on F eb rua ry 4 , 2015 . 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On p r em i e r e n igh t , th e h i s fa th e r can op en a w e s t e rn - th em ed s t eakh ou s e . Tw i t t e rv e r s e e rup t ed w i th tw e e t s f r om A s ian M on th s b e f o r e th e F eb rua ry p r em i e r e o f “F r e sh Am e r i can s ab ou t h ow ca tha r t i c th e sh ow wa s and O f f th e B oa t , ” d eba t e s e rup t ed w i th in A s ian - h ow i t b r ough t up m em o r i e s o f th e f i r s t t im e th ey C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 7 Am e r i can c ommun i t i e s ab ou t u s ing th e t e rm “ f r e sh P h o t o / ABC /N i c o l e W i l d e r Co r re spondence : Th e A s ian R ep o r t e rwe l come s reade r re spon se and pa r t i c ipa t ion . 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