I was six years old when Disney’s Mulan came out. The first time I watched the film, I was in awe: Here was a character who was honourable, courageous and willing to do anything for her family. But most of all, I loved the film because its lead character looked like me. When the VHS came out, I watched it 36 more times that year, and its status as my favourite film was cemented. After all, it was one of the few Asian representations in media I had growing up.
The predominantly white families I saw on TV reinforced the fact that my life was not like everyone else’s. It’s the reason I always rooted for the secondary Asian characters I saw in mainstream media, even if they were portrayed as “nerdy” or “uncool.” The truth is, I had no idea how much I craved Asian representation in media until I saw FOTB. And, thankfully, the show arrived when I needed it most.
Like my mother, the matriarch, Jessica Huang , rules the home with her no-nonsense, pragmatic approach to parenting and pushes her kids to do their best. She loves her children fiercely, even if her tough-love approach to parenting seems strict. In many ways, this character reminds me of my own mother. Louis Huang shares some similarities with my father.
The sitcom touches on a lot of little details of life that I can relate to. In season three, Eddie and his brother Evan discover that the “dish rack” at their house is actually a dishwasher. My family, who does the same thing, doesn’t use the dishwasher because they believe it wastes water. To this day, I continue to wash all my dishes by hand.
There were also more serious scenes that touched on outright racism. In one instance, Eddie gets into a fight at school after a kid calls him a “chink.” Watching that scene, I felt sad and could relate—during my elementary school days, I too was called a “chink” as a joke.
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