Posted on 01/17/2020 3:08:48 PM PST by EdnaMode
Hank Azaria says he will no longer be voicing the controversial character Apu on The Simpsons. Azaria made the comment in an interview with Slashfilm at the Television Critics Associations Winter Press Tour following a panel for his IFC show Brockmire.
All we know there is I wont be doing the voice anymore, unless theres some way to transition it or something, Azaria told the publication. We all made the decision together We all agreed on it. We all feel like its the right thing and good about it.
The shows producer 20th Century Fox TV would not comment on Azarias remarks when reached by Deadline.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a recurring character in the hit animated series, is an Indian immigrant proprietor who runs the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield. The character has been controversial with accusations that the portrayal is a racist caricature.
In April 2018, Azaria told Stephen Colbert on Late Show, hes willing and happy to step aside as the voice of Apu on The Simpsons, or to help transition the character into something new, calling it the right thing to do, for me.
Stay tuned.
They this cat Chef is a bad mother.....
I love Cletus.
Eff the SJW sissies.
Ya think that’s bad, read the credits for Bob’s Burgers, sometime.
Thin skinned candy ass.
Lost ALL respect for Hayes, after that.
[maybe he feared the Watcher Lizards would come for him if he stayed on, I dunno]
Actually I think he left them.
He had to because they had become SPs, Suppresive Persons, ie outspoken enemies of the CoS. They can’t hang around those people otherwise they will be targeted by the CoS and labeled an SP.
Next to fall, the guy that voices Linda on Bobs Burgers.
The entire show is stereotypes. I dont hear anyone complaining about the cop that looks like a pig or the Italian mobsters
On his citizenship test, he knew the answers at scholarly level. when he passed, he jokingly said oh good, where is the welfare office, then quickly said, just kidding I work.
Excellent role model!
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