In the months before Fresh Off the Boat premiered on ABC, the network and show faced a slew of controversy — first for its title and later for an offensive promotional image that the show's official account tweeted. Despite the initial backlash, the comedy has since become a hit. But Eddie Huang, the chef and food personality who wrote the book on which the comedy is based, is not a fan of the series, and he made that clear Tuesday night in a series of tweets.
It turns out Huang doesn't watch the show.
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Although he's glad many viewers are able to relate to it, he's dissatisfied with the show's portrayal of his life.
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It's something Huang has personally addressed in the past.
Prior to Fresh Off the Boat's premiere, Huang detailed the frustrations of watching his memoir become a sitcom in a piece for New York Magazine.
"I didn’t understand how network television, the one-size fits-all antithesis to Fresh Off the Boat, was going to house the voice of a futuristic chinkstronaut," he wrote. "I began to regret ever selling the book, because Fresh Off the Boat was a very specific narrative about SPECIFIC moments in my life, such as kneeling in a driveway holding buckets of rice overhead or seeing pink nipples for the first time."
He noted a few details about his life that the ABC series does not include.
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He also criticized the show for its use of hip-hop "as an aesthetic thing without the foundation."
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Though Fresh Off the Boat isn't an accurate representation of Huang's life or even a perfect show, he said it's at least a start to more diversity in television and films.
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BuzzFeed News has reached out to ABC for comment on Huang's tweets, and is awaiting their response.
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