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Awkwafina is Nora From Queens: Season 1 (2020)
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Nora takes her first steps toward financial independence, trying her hand at a couple jobs in an attempt to move out of her dad's house.
Nora and Grandma go to Atlantic City, where Nora gambles and runs into an old acquaintance on the boardwalk, and Grandma and her friends battle to use a casino power outlet.
Nora takes a job at a real estate office and becomes a hyper-competent assistant with a little help from Adderall, alienating her online gaming friends in the process.
Awkwafina stars as Nora Lin in this scripted series based on her real-life beginnings in Flushing, Queens. Raised alongside her cousin by her dad and grandma, Nora leans on her family as she navigates young adulthood.
Nora impulsively dyes her hair after a fight with her dad and Wally goes to a single parent support group meeting.
After Nora suffers a vaginal injury, she's tapped by a DJ to record her chronic queefing for his new track.
Nora competes with Edmund for their grandmother's affection, and Wally creates an lnstagram account to impress his crush.
Grandma tells Nora the story of how she met her husband in the style of a Korean drama.
Edmund and Nora prepare to launch their app, and Wally's dinner date goes terribly awry.
After Scrubr gets acquired by a company overseas. Nora moves to China; back in Queens, Grandma befriends an injured pigeon.
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Particularly when Lum works with the other main members of the cast, the show is really funny and very appealing.
"Awkwakfina Is Nora From Queens" needs to find its own identity - and fast.
But ultimately, the show is Awkwafina's baby all the way, as she brings her own fearless twists to the slacker genre. She has the chops to anchor a series, and the wisdom to let other performers steal scenes.
"Nora" is a unbridled joy.
The real pleasure... is in how elegantly it avoids the traps so many other TV shows about immigrant families fall into, either dwelling on the ways in which the characters diverge from some imagined American norm or erasing all cultural specificity.
Like Awkwafina herself, the show's charm and warm humor smoothly carry it, and its star channels both of those qualities into every moment, whether she's being rowdy, dirty, or introspective.
She could easily just be a sad-sack slacker, but Awkwafina imbues her with such giddy energy and off-centre wit she's a golden comic creation.
What's remarkably genuine is that nothing feels didactic or forced. Its transgressions feel effortless because Awkwafina is being real: stoned, horny, and transnational.
The show is fine, albeit very dumb, and it's an entirely different dramatic sport that only underscores her ability-a little uncomfortable but totally undeniable-to play a whole lot of different sports.
Awkwafina's chemistry with her sympathetic widowed dad and no-nonsense grandma is also choice, with both relationships reading as lived-in and affectionate.
Nora from Queens is sweet and simple, even if at times it seems like it's too formulaic of a show to encompass Lum's range as a comedic weirdo.
Awkwafina is pretty funny, but so is the rest of the cast, and she grounds her comedy by concentrating on her family.
Audience Reviews for Awkwafina is Nora From Queens: Season 1
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Feb 10, 2021Horrible show, this has to be the most annoying cast on tv in recent and current years. Don't waste your time.
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Jan 16, 2021It's funny, genuine and simple. Awkwafina is charming and her positiveness makes the show a lighthearted pleasure to watch.
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Jan 03, 2021I found this show very funny. I miss some jokes at time since sometimes she speaks too quickly.
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Dec 27, 2020The high approval ratings of this show is clearly a testament to North America's (especially the USA's) chronic dysfunctionality. The acting is grossly exaggerated, the lines are ridiculous. It's like they're trying to make this show a combination of Dr. Kim and Fresh Off the Boat but more edgy. I watched the first three episodes and I gave up. Moreover, it's really a Pro China series. Instead of going to somewhere politically neutral and democratic like Taiwan, they choose to bow down to [red] China.
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Oct 30, 2020It's decent it's worth watching on a Sunday afternoon for free
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Oct 10, 2020Hilarious, I absolutely love it, could binge watch it for hours!
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Oct 05, 2020I live in Queens. I hate this show. Pure liberal stereotypical garbage.
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Sep 29, 2020It isn't anything amazing, but 'Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens' is watchable. Awkwafina makes it as enjoyable as it is, without her I don't think I would've made it past episode one to be honest. I never overly laughed at any of the humour across the ten episodes, but she was at the heart of any parts I did find chucklesome - well, her and Lori Tan Chinn, who is pleasant to watch. Other cast members are basic, BD Wong is solid but the rest are hit-and-miss. There are some good episodes, some average and one or two bad ones; looking at you, "Vagarina". What helps this show massively is the fact that the episodes only lasts for 20 minutes, which is a blessing - even if they were just 10 minutes longer, I may have stopped watching. I didn't though, the short run time means the pacing is quick. I plan to watch season two, whenever that comes.
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Jul 18, 2020Young Grandma & Garbage Boi 4-EVA
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Apr 13, 2020I thought this was very entertaining. Well some of the situations That Nora finds herself in were sophomoric, others were exceptionally unusual and pointedly funny. Kudos to the entire cast for a solid first season.
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