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The reviews and the ratings are in for ABC-TV’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” which officially premiered on Feb. 10, and as a saying goes, “We have a winner!” TV by the  Numbers ran a story with the headline, “ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Debuts as Season’s #1 New Show with Upscale Adults 18-49.” The Hollywood Reporter noted, “After its strong …

By Yi Chen The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) series is a monthly open discussion produced and hosted by Busboys and Poets. The February series featured Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, who talked about his own experience as an Asian American as well as his play Yellow Face, a comedy about mistaken racial identity. “I began writing because …

By Yi Chen Photos Courtesy of Wedding Palace | GoGoGo Entertainment Washington, DC – Wedding Palace is a family comedy about weddings, the Korean way. The story centers on an international online romance between a young man from Los Angeles and a young woman from Seoul. Pressured to get married by family and friends, 29-year-old advertising executive Jason Kim (Brian …

By Yi Chen I have been a big fan of Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s films since his 1997 comedy Dream Factory. His films were part of a family tradition: around almost every Chinese New Year my family would go to see his Hesui Pian, or Lunar New Year blockbusters. Romantic comedies made him famous in China, but Feng Xiaogang is no …