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Fresh Off the Boat Fresh off the Boat The phrases fresh off the boat (FOB), off the boat (OTB), freshy, or just simply boat are terms used to describe immigrants that have arrived from a foreign nation and have not yet assimilated into the host nations culture, language, and behaviour. New Variation: Fresh off the Boeing Fresh Off the Boat is a comedy that is inspired by the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir. It is the first American television situation comedy starring an Asian-American family as protagonists to air on network primetime since Margaret Chos All American Girl, which aired for one season in 1994. The story follows the course of Eddie Huangs Taiwanese family as they make their way from Washington, D.C. to Orlando, Florida to open up a steak restaurant during the mid-to-late . His mother struggles with culture clash of having to move from D.C. to Orlando, his father embraces the American Dream, and Eddie and his brothers struggle with assimilating into school. American popular culture has a long tradition of producing warmhearted looks at the comical problems of ethnic groups that haven’t yet blended into the melting pot. The usual lesson is that deep down we’re all the same. Cultural Conflicts Advance views of the pilot episode, saw concerns in one scene where 13-year old Eddie is called a “Chink” by his fellow students. In the Buzzfeed interviews, Eddie said: “There are people in every race who try to speak for everybody and try to legislate what you can think and what you can’t think, with no understanding of what it means to interpret an experience.” The controversy is all due to the program’s name, which, it is claimed, is rooted in xenophobia and American’s having a patronizing view of foreign immigrants. Speaking in an interview with Buzzfeed, Eddie Huang who also acts as a producer on the show, said: “It’s a nod to both the way his family was perceived when they arrived in America in the 9