Posted on 04/13/2021 11:26:23 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Hank Azaria has apologized to Indian-Americans for his portrayal of convenience store owner Apu on The Simpsons The character has appeared in hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons since its debut in 1990 In 2017, a documentary The Problem With Apu claimed the character promoted racist stereotypes about Indian immigrants Azaria told The Armchair Expert podcast he didn't want to make a 'knee-jerk reaction' to what could've just been '17 hipsters' in Brooklyn He says he spent a year 'doing the work' to learn why Apu was offensive, and now believes it has contributed to structural racism
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Is he going to give the money back?
That’s rabbitist!
Careful there.
Simpsons is a gold mine cash cow.
If this is true it must be pulled from distribution.
Billions lost.
What a Wuss. Someone needs to send Hank a case of Vagisil.
“Is he going to give the money back?”
...EXCELLENT QUESTION! Give the $ back you pathetic POS
Hank is getting old, 56, and he knows older actors don’t have a lot of parts to pick and choose from.
He’s probably just kowtowing for directors’ and producers’ favor..........
Hank is just doing his part to repair the world. I don’t think anyone asked him to. Imagine if such a thing as an “Indian accent” actually existed. The Horror.
Are women going to be apologizing for portraying the weaker sex?
Sad. Best character on the show.
You read my mind!!?
Give ALL the money back. Make Reparations if you mean it.
Apu is a great character. Nothing to be ashamed of. 🙄
Anything less is just cheap virtue signalling.
Bwahahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Give the $$$ back.
NEVER! Liberals just pay lip service when it’s their turn under the cancel culture microscope.
Apu was a great character, on a somewhat funny show.
He owned a business and was a positive member of the community.
Squishy time!
Is it wrong that I read “I have to shut up and listen” in Apu’s voice?
Has anyone else had about enough of these people? There used to be a comedic element to their ridiculousness, but now it’s just tiresome.
Can’t we find a nice spot, in maybe Africa, and create Wokeistan and put them all there so they can commiserate with each other?
Apu wasn’t any worse than any other Simpsons character . He was generally shown to be friendly, hard working and intelligent (which is rare for Springfield)
Now Willie the groundskeeper on the other hand ...
“How about Mel Blanc doing a rabbit or a pig?”
They should have definitely hired a real rabbit and pig to voice the parts. Unfortunately, rabbits don’t generally make any vocalizations, and a pig only grunts.
Liberals are not only inveterate liars but humorless as well.
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