'Fresh Off the Boat' and the Burden of the Ethnic Sitcom

Micropolis by WNYC

Feb 9, 201500:06:39Society & Culture

ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat," based on Eddie Huang's memoir of the same name, premiered last week on a wave of hype. This is the first Asian-American sitcom since Margaret Cho's "All American Girl." What took so long? In t...

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