'Casually racist and horrifically unfunny': Fox's new Dads sitcom gets a roasting from shocked critics BEFORE it has even been aired
- Critics who've seen the pilot episode of Fox's new sitcom 'Dads' have accused it of relying on 'poop jokes and sexy Asian schoolgirl jokes'
- Producers have already vowed to tweak the tone of the series which premieres on Sept 17
It doesn't debut until next month, but the Fox sitcom 'Dads' is already taking heat in early reviews for being crass, sexist and racially insensitive.
Critics who’ve watched the pilot episode have been highly critical of the tone of the show, accusing it of relying on ‘poop jokes and sexy Asian schoolgirl jokes’ for cheap laughs.
The show stars Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as successful video game developers and roommates whose lives are unexpectedly changed when their politically incorrect fathers move in with them.
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Bad dads: Fox's new sitcom has been accusing of relying on 'poop jokes and sexy Asian schoolgirl jokes'
The dads are played by Martin Mull and Peter Riegert.
The series is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, whose animated comedies, including ‘Family Guy,’ have been regularly accused of bad taste, yet are also extremely popular.
Critics have wasted no time in lambasting the show.
Jace Lacob of BuzzFeed tweeted: ‘The worst part of #Dads is that it is casually racist AND horrifically unfunny. Which is not a good combination, really.’
NPR's Linda Holmes explained that ‘it's mostly nasty about women of color.’
The show stars Seth Green, right, and Giovanni Ribisi, left, as successful video game developers and roommates whose lives unexpectedly change when their politically incorrect fathers move in
IS 'DADS' RACIST? SOME OF THE 'HUMOR' FEATURED IN THE PILOT
- Green and Ribisi’s characters tell their Asian female staffer, played by Brenda Song, to dress up as a sexy Asian school girl to impress Chinese clients
- One dad asks his son if he’s watching Punch The Puerto Rican when he sees a boxing match on TV
- Another reoccurring character, played by mixed race actress Vanessa Lachey, gets mistaken for a maid
- At one point a character utters the line: ‘Tiny China penis’
The show is filmed before a live studio audience but even that has been criticized.
'Having people braying at “ironic” racism makes it real racism,' wrote critic Todd VanDerWerff.
The stars and producers of ‘Dads’ faced reporters Thursday and attempted to defend the show by claiming that it focused on human frailties for the sake of laughs and enlightenment.
At the Television Critics Association meeting, they vowed to tweak the tone of the series as appropriate as the season unfolds.
However a critical mauling doesn't mean a show it destined to fail, 'Two Broke Girls' and 'The Big Bang Theory' are shows critics love to hate, but the general public just seem to love.
'Dads' is set to premiere Sept. 17.
'Dads' is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, whose animated comedies, including 'Family Guy,' have been regularly accused of bad taste
'Dads' is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, whose animated comedies, including 'Family Guy,' have been regularly accused of bad taste
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