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#EDDIE HUANG TV#

Many things have been and no doubt will continue to be said about Huang’s food, politics, personal style, and pronouncements about Tiger Moms, the TV show Girls, Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant Red Rooster, and other topics, but I’m fairly certain that no one will ever accuse him of subtlety. It was designed, like everything he does, for maximum impact. The plan, at once hilarious, provocative, and somewhat improbable, is not unlike Huang himself.

But neither of those ideas have any power unless you give it.” He was hoping to illustrate his upending of the received wisdom by walking a tame lion onstage, where it would sit next to him like a docile cat while he spoke. We were discussing the four-minute TED talk he’s preparing to deliver at the organization’s annual conference this February, “I Dreamt of White Lions.” Its main point, according to Huang, who is a 2013 TED Fellow, is that “lions are the king of the animal kingdom like white people rule the world. “I wanted to rent a lion, but they said the insurance was too much,” Eddie Huang told me, offhandedly, one chilly afternoon late last year. " 'Boogie' Review: 'Fresh Off the Boat' Creator's First Feature Is a Victim of Its Own Critique". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. "Review: A swaggering Chinese American teen dreams of making the NBA in undercooked 'Boogie' ". " 'Boogie' Review: There's No Laughing in Basketball". As Exhibition Slowly Repairs – Sunday Update". " 'Raya And The Last Dragon' Takes $5.5M Second Weekend B.O. " 'Raya And The Last Dragon' Debuting To $8M As Pic Hits Disney+ & NYC Reopens: Why The Industry Is Greatly Concerned".

^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 5, 2021).

"Focus Features Sets Q1 Release For Eddie Huang's Directorial Debut 'Boogie' ".

^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 10, 2020).

^ "Boogie: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists on Apple Music".

^ "Credits / Boogie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Various Artists – TIDAL".

"Los Angeles Theaters Officially Open Today & 'Boogie' Filmmaker Eddie Huang Is There To Greet Moviegoers".

^ "Focus Features To Produce Boogie, The Directorial Debut From Writer-Director Eddie Huang".

" 'The Irishman' Actor Domenick Lombardozzi Joins Focus Features Drama 'Boogie' ". "Eddie Huang's 'Boogie' Rounds Out Cast With Mike Moh, Dave East, Perry Yung, Taylour Paige and Alexa Mareka". " 'Fresh off the Boat' Author Eddie Huang To Make Directorial Debut With 'Boogie' Film At Focus Features". Robert Daniels at IndieWire rated the film 'D', stating that "Eddie Huang's coming-of-age sports drama uplifts the Asian American struggle while falling into the same othering it purports to despise". Chris Vognar for the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a "sitting Little Man", roughly translating to 3/5 stars, stating that it's "refreshing to see the rare Asian American drama on the big screen, but a lot of the conflict in Boogie, on the court and off, feels undercooked." Alison Willmore of Vulture gave a mixed-to-negative review, writing that the film's "ideas about Asian American identity and being Chinese in America are vague" and that "it regards Blackness with a roiling mixture of covetousness and resentment." Teo Bugbee at The New York Times gave a mixed-to-positive review, writing "It's a competent movie, but it doesn't quite make it to the big leagues". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 70% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 55% saying they would definitely recommend it.

The website's critics consensus reads: " Boogie misses its shot with a contrived plot and uneven tone." According to Metacritic, which sampled 24 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews". Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 42% based on 81 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The film made $730,000 in its second weekend, remaining in fourth place. It went on to debut to $1.2 million, finishing fifth at the box office. In the United States and Canada, Boogie made $430,000 from 1,252 theaters on its first day of release.