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‘Dr. Ken’ Episode Review: “Allison Finds a Lump”
Dr. Ken, Season 2, Episode 18: “Allison Finds a Lump” Original airdate February 24, 2017. I Can’t Seem to Face Up to the Facts Allison finds a lump during a self-examination. Ken and the Welltopia...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Gabby Goose”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 16: “Gabby Goose” Original airdate March 7, 2017. Microsynopsis: Jessica and Louis have Honey and Marvin over for game night, but the games end abruptly when...
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‘Dr. Ken’ Episode Review: “Ken’s Professor”
Dr. Ken, Season 2, Episode 19: “Ken’s Professor” Original airdate March 10, 2017. Operator, Well Could You Help Me Place This Call? Ken’s attending physician from his residency, who was always really...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “The Flush”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 17: “The Flush” Original airdate March 15, 2017. Microsynopsis: Jessica takes Honey, Emery, and Evan on a road trip to Georgia in order to save the handling...
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‘Dr. Ken’ Episode Review: “Ken and the CEO”
Dr. Ken, Season 2, Episode 20: “Ken and the CEO” Original airdate March 17, 2017. I told the truth and it saved one girl’s life The Welltopia CEO is in town to deliver his state of the company address,...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Living While Eddie”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 15: “Living While Eddie” Original airdate March 1, 2017. Microsynopsis: Emery is excited to learn that an informercial, hosted by his favorite infomercial host,...
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‘Dr. Ken’ Episode Review: “Clark’s Big Surprise”
Dr. Ken, Season 2, Episode 21: “Clark’s Big Surprise” Original airdate March 24, 2017. He’s a smooth operator Clark and Connor have invited all their friends to their vegan barbecue, intending to...
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Dishwashers vs. Hand-washing – Which is More Efficient?
In a recent episode of Fresh Off The Boat, Evan goes over to a white friend’s home for a family lunch, and is shocked to learn that the real use of a dishwasher is not to be used as a drying rack, but...
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‘Dr. Ken’ Episode Review: “Ken’s Big Audition”
Dr. Ken, Season 2, Episode 22: “Ken’s Big Audition” (season finale) Original airdate March 31, 2017. Friday I’m in Love Ken auditions for a one-episode part in a television show, an opportunity he’s...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Time to Get Ill”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 18: “Time to Get Ill” Original airdate April 4, 2017. Microsynopsis: Jessica comes down with the flu, a phenomenon so foreign to the Huangs that Eddie can’t...
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Panda Express’s Five Flavor Shrimp
While watching the local evening news recently, I came across this new Panda Express commercial promoting their latest dish, Five Flavor Shrimp: “Five quality ingredients. Five delicious flavors....
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Driving Miss Jenny”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 19: “Driving Miss Jenny” Original airdate April 11, 2017. Microsynopsis: Louis is uncomfortable with how much independence Grandma is asserting now that she has...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “The Masters”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 20: “The Masters” Original airdate April 18, 2017. Microsynopsis: When Jessica learns that Tiger Woods is half Asian, she muses that she and Earl Woods are...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Pie vs. Cake”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 21: “Pie vs. Cake” Original airdate May 2, 2017. Microsynopsis: Evan learns that his school has a debate team, and the prospect of “extra homework” combined with...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “This Is Us”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 22: “This Is Us” Original airdate May 9, 2017. Microsynopsis: Michael Bolton offers to buy Louis’s restaurant. It’s tempting because it would allow the Huangs to...
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ABC Renews ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ and Cancels ‘Dr. Ken’
Well, you win some and you lose some … On the same day, I learned that Fresh Off The Boat was renewed for it’s fourth season and Dr. Ken was canceled after it’s second season: “While not a ratings...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “This Isn’t Us”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 23: “This Isn’t Us” Original airdate May 15, 2017. Microsynopsis: The Huangs move out of their rental, to the sadness of Honey, Marvin, and Eddie’s crew. The...
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‘Dr. Ken’&‘FOTB’– Watershed Moments for Asian Americans Adolescents on TV
With the end of the 2016 – 2017 traditional broadcast network television season ending, it’s been an amazing season for Asian Americans – with two Asian American family show sitcoms into their second...
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Wired: It’s Time For ‘Silicon Valley’ to Disrupt Its Toxic Asian Stereotypes
Note: this discusses a little bit of the current season – so possible spoilers if you haven’t been watching. When I saw this headline on Facebook, I wondered why no one had written about this yet. I’m...
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HBO’s Silicon Valley’s VC-Bro ‘Ed Chen’– Breaking the Stereotype
Recently, I had blogged about HBO’s Silicon Valley portrayal of Asian stereotypes, specifically about how I was not a fan of the character Jian-Yang. One character I did forget to mention, was the...
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