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‘The Simpsons’ Team Considering How to Handle Apu Backlash, Hank Azaria Says
New York Post ^ | Dec 4, 2017 | William Earl

Posted on 12/10/2017 11:47:43 PM PST by nickcarraway

The Simpsons team is looking at how to handle longtime Springfield resident Apu Nahasapeemapetilon after a recent wave of criticism of the controversial Indian character. Notably, Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem With Apu examined how the character reinforced hurtful cultural stereotypes. But Hank Azaria, who has voiced the character since 1990, has remained quiet publicly about the matter. TMZ recently spoke with Azaria, who said that the documentary was definitely food for thought and could inspire change on the show.

“I think the documentary did make some really interesting points, and gave us a lot at The Simpsons to think about and we really are thinking about it,” he said.

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To: nickcarraway

That’s it. I’m only dating other White people to avoid this crap being thrown at me.


21 posted on 12/11/2017 2:48:29 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Women prefer men with money and muscles. DUH!)
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To: FreedomPoster

See my tagline.


22 posted on 12/11/2017 3:27:01 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
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To: outofsalt

Ha! Clever!!! Someone ate his or her Wheaties this morning!! :)


23 posted on 12/11/2017 3:31:16 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: nickcarraway

The Simpsons jumped the shark with the election of GW Bush and even more when writer John Swartzwelder left. It’s now s left wing show. The first 10-15 years it was ‘take no prisoners’. It’s time to turn the lights out.


24 posted on 12/11/2017 3:42:40 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: nickcarraway

This show has been on the air for almost 30 years. The voice actors are what? Pushing 70 now? It’s time to let it go.


25 posted on 12/11/2017 3:46:02 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (10% pure, flat income tax for everyone. No deductions, credits, or loopholes.)
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To: TXBlair; outofsalt
Much Apu About Nothing” is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons’ seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 5, 1996. In the episode, a referendum is created that will require all illegal immigrants from Springfield to be deported. After learning that his friend Apu Nahasapeemapetilon will be deported, Homer decides to help Apu prepare for a United States citizenship test so that he can become a legal citizen.
26 posted on 12/11/2017 4:02:45 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: nickcarraway

Have Apu run against Quimby for Mayor of Springfield and win in a surprise victory but Kent Brockman and Quimby conspire to make allegations of collusion between Fat Tony and Apu’s campaign. Eventually, Apu is vindicated as all of Springfield celebrates. Brockman and Quimby are run out of town but find refuge in Shelbyville, while Fat Tony tries to clear his name with the help of Mr. Burns...(to be continued)...The Simpsons return from their vacation in Northern Michigan, but they need time to adjust to the “New Springfield”.


27 posted on 12/11/2017 4:16:19 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: nickcarraway

Q: How do you kill a TV cartoon comedy that has been o the air for almost 30 years?
A: Apply political correctness.


28 posted on 12/11/2017 4:17:25 AM PST by Flick Lives (The FBI is a corrupt partisan organization)
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To: nickcarraway

Apu!

Gesundheit


29 posted on 12/11/2017 4:38:36 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: nickcarraway
‘The Simpsons’ Team Considering How to Handle Apu Backlash, Hank Azaria Says

Give me a break - what backlash? The Apu character has been on The Simpsons since the first season over a quarter of a century ago, while the Indian-American population was growing and no one ever cared. And now there's a backlash because one or two snowflakes whine about it?

Knock it off - the one thing I've admired about Asians in America is that they come here and work hard instead of complaining and asking for free stuff. As usual, the generation that was born here and educated in American schools has been infected with liberal mindlessness.
30 posted on 12/11/2017 5:00:42 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Vaquero

31 posted on 12/11/2017 5:25:05 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: nickcarraway

About a decade ago someone in Chicago got their panties in a wad over Apu. One of the hosts on WLS started a conversation about it. The Indian population was calling in in droves saying they liked the part and that he did them a service by humanizing them for people unfamiliar with their culture.


32 posted on 12/11/2017 5:31:41 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: nickcarraway
Liberals Unite! We must go act together as One People! We must fight against Stereotypes! We must fight against Cultural Appropriation! We must act NOW! Justice delayed is Justice denied!

Therefore, we must, in total solidarity, and in the name of Apu, boycott the Simpsons! But that, of course, is not nearly enough to cure the underlying disease in America. We must also boycott every single gas station and convenience store in America that employs even just one person of Indian heritage! Anyone with white skin seen entering, leaving, or ordering carry-out food from an Indian restaurant must be fined heavily, as well as chased by masked Antifa members with sticks. We must tear down every single Indian monument and image! Webpages containing photos of the Taj Mahal must be banished from the internet in the US! The flag if India must not be allowed to fly in NYC at the UN, nor should it fly at the Winter Olympics in February!

It is the only way to show our love and admiration for that special Indian Culture and heritage that built this country (rather than the white males who exploited them and pretend that they built it). If you fail to act with us, or if you refuse to comment on this movement in a positive manner, then you are part of the problem, and must be punished as well. Silence equals acceptance, and thus you are a Racist, and thus you must be re-educated, against your will, until you are no longer a threat to Social Justice anymore... one way or another.

(It is scary how close most of the Lunatic Left is to exactly this kind of public declaration.)

33 posted on 12/11/2017 5:37:18 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: LegendHasIt
Are they going to go after Asok, from the Dilbert comic strip next?
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34 posted on 12/11/2017 6:31:36 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: SpaceBar

They n=made a mistake in naming Lisa an executive producer.


35 posted on 12/11/2017 9:59:28 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (don't forget to mouse your sisterhooks)
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