NBC dumped the comedy “Mail Order Family” late Friday, after intense criticism that the proposed series would perpetuate damaging stereotypes.
The project, from “Superstore” writer-producer Jackie Clarke, is about a single dad who obtains a mail-order bride from the Philippines to raise his young children. Clarke, a comic and writer who was raised by a Filipina stepmother, based the pitch on her own life.
But critics quickly accused the concept of trading on harmful stereotypes about Asian-Americans and making light of the very real problem of sex trafficking. A #CancelMailOrderFamily campaign arose online. Clarke spent much of this week trying to bat away the flak she was getting on Twitter.