NBC scraps Mail Order Family comedy after backlash
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/30/mail-order-family-scrapped-nbc-backlash
NBC announced Friday night it is scrapping plans for Mail Order Family just two days after announcing it would develop the comedy.
The decision follows backlash from critics who complained the comedy would perpetuate racial stereotypes and make light of human trafficking.
“We purchased the pitch with the understanding that it would tell the creator’s real-life experience of being raised by a strong Filipina stepmother after the loss of her own mother,” an NBC spokesperson said in a statement to EW. “The writer and producers have taken the sensitivity to the initial concept to heart and have chosen not to move forward with the project at this time.”
Mail Order Family, which had received a script deal at NBC, comes from Superstore writer-producer Jackie Clarke. The comedy is based on Clarke’s own experiences and aimed to tell the tale of a Filipina woman brought to the United States to help a widowed man raise two girls.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/30/mail-order-family-scrapped-nbc-backlash
NBC announced Friday night it is scrapping plans for Mail Order Family just two days after announcing it would develop the comedy.
The decision follows backlash from critics who complained the comedy would perpetuate racial stereotypes and make light of human trafficking.
“We purchased the pitch with the understanding that it would tell the creator’s real-life experience of being raised by a strong Filipina stepmother after the loss of her own mother,” an NBC spokesperson said in a statement to EW. “The writer and producers have taken the sensitivity to the initial concept to heart and have chosen not to move forward with the project at this time.”
Mail Order Family, which had received a script deal at NBC, comes from Superstore writer-producer Jackie Clarke. The comedy is based on Clarke’s own experiences and aimed to tell the tale of a Filipina woman brought to the United States to help a widowed man raise two girls.
