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‘2 Broke Girls’ Creator Defends Ethnic Stereotypes… With More Stereotypes

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Edward

On January 10th, at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, things got a bit hairy and awkward at the Q&A panel for CBS’ new comedy “2 Broke Girls” when critics asked the show creator, Michael Patrick King, of … Continue reading →

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When did F.O.B. become fob?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tim

For those of us growing up in the U.S. with immigrant parents in the seventies and eighties, there was no getting around the fact that the term F.O.B. (Fresh Off the Boat – pronounced letter “F”, letter “O”, letter “B”) … Continue reading →

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