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Of course a network sitcom is going to be adapted for the broader viewing audience, Eddie's fight with that is well documented but he still cosigned the show. If you wanted to actually capture the grittiness of Eddie that we see on Huang's World and his book, the show would have to be stuck on VICE or HBO. But that's what his book and his web series on Vice is for. Fresh Off The Boat is doing what it needs to do, bring in enough nostalgia for the first generation Asian American immigrants while keeping it relatable for enough people to view every week, and it's working. Ratings are good, you have people talking about it, and Asian American actors are finally getting constant exposure(in a not Martial Arts/subordinate,minor role).
Evan and Emory steal the show some episodes, Constance and Randall are solid week in and week out, and let's be honest, we're expecting Eddie(Hudson Yang) to be like the Eddie we actually know, so don't you think he'd come off a bit corny acting like that as a child? I know I was like that when I was younger, I probably looked like the corniest kid ever mouthing NaS lyrics when I was putting up shots in the gym thinking I was doing it, but that's how it was.
All I know is, in my 23 years of existence, my parents have never been excited about TV shows. Now every Tuesday, my brother, his family, and I come over to my parents house to watch FOTB and have dinner and relive pretty much what we went through being the only Asian family in a white community. For me, it became a family experience, and every episode so far has had such a nostalgic effect on top of it being actually funny. I'll admit it started off rough, but I think they're hitting their stride and it has staying power.
Just my $.02