BushidoBrown
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What about the Mexican bumblebee guy?
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'Simpsons' Actor Hank Azaria Feels He Needs Apologize to Every Indian for Apu
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Is he apologizing in the Apu voice?.. ..
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
The way they portrayed and drew Asians too.
HipHopStan
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The way they portrayed and drew Asians too.
"Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. He gonna do something and you know it's gonna be good.
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
I think the reason the Apu thing became such a controversy is because he was one of the few characters of his background on television, at least at the time. They developed his character well, but I feel like the issue was that he was voiced by a white guy. It wasn't even the plan. Hank Azaria just did the accent during a table read and everybody was 
over it so they went with it.
I don't think they're ever going to bring the character back, even if an Indian person takes over. They don't want any part of the controversy. Besides, the last time they addressed it, they were pretty much like "Maybe we'll do something, maybe we won't, but why are you offended now?" Then Lisa and Marge looked at the camera like
, like they were challenging the viewer to come at them and do something.
over it so they went with it.I don't think they're ever going to bring the character back, even if an Indian person takes over. They don't want any part of the controversy. Besides, the last time they addressed it, they were pretty much like "Maybe we'll do something, maybe we won't, but why are you offended now?" Then Lisa and Marge looked at the camera like
, like they were challenging the viewer to come at them and do something. DaddyFresh
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He’s right. I remember kids used to call some Indian classmates apu as a insult lmao
ShaDynasty
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So now are they gonna have an indian guy who sounds like Jason Bateman do the voice? That's clearly way more true to life.
Take It In Blood
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Apu lives on
Thank you coming again
Thank you coming again
ShaDynasty
Chaos - The Album
I think the same thing every time I see a thread on the simpsons. Cancel this shyt already. Why bother caring, it's sucked for 20 years!
feelosofer
#ninergang
Simpsons are a Disney franchise worth over a billion dollars. They will never cancel it.
As to Apu. While he was a funny character who generated a lot of laughs, he was built on a lot of stereotypes and it's not my place to tell another minority group how to feel.
Pool_Shark
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What about the Cleveland show.
NOSaintsFan02
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30 second markBesides, the last time they addressed it, they were pretty much like "Maybe we'll do something, maybe we won't, but why are you offended now?" Then Lisa and Marge looked at the camera like
TheDarceKnight
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All 100% facts here. Not to mention, is it fukked up to just admit that there are people that look and sound like Apu?
My thing is this. Even though I don't think they'd even let Apu be a character, if they did, they wouldn't give the role to a white guy. The Simpson's is over 3 decades old, though. That's how things were back then. It don't like the trend of everyone apologzing for every single thing multiple decades in the past, just because it's seen as culturally insensitive now.
And like you said. Apu was a fleshed out character. He had many sides, and he wasn't just a stereotype. He was partially a stereotype, but that was a beautiful thing about The Simpson's. They didn't single out and pick on anyone in particular. They made fun of everyone.
Jamie Foxx also made a great point after he got criticzed for making fun of Caitlyn Jenner. He said something along the lines of, "Look, me making fun of you is a sign that you're accepted. I'm not gonna crack jokes to someone I truly dislike, or don't want around. I'll just ignore them and have nothing to do with them. No one I like is above me making fun of them, so me cracking jokes at Caitlyn just means that I think she's really just no different than the rest of us." I thought that was a good way to frame it.
EDIT: I know there are a lot of damaging stereotypes out there, but god damn. I think everyone needs to lighten the fukk up a little bit. I'm on a soap box, but last thing. I did a lot of world travel in 2017, and one of the collest things was seeing how so many people in other countries don't themselves so damn seriously all the time. Basically everywhere I went, people were way more likely to have a laugh at their own expense.
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