Monday, October 29, 2018
The Simpsons axes Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu after a backlash over the Indian character's racial stereotyping
People with foreign accents are a reality. Why not "include" them? Including everybody in everything is a Leftist mania
The Simpsons is set to axe Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu after a backlash over the Indian character's racial stereotyping. He's one of the shows most well-known characters but a documentary last year entitled The Problem with Apu sparked a fierce debate over his inclusion.
The film, made by comedian and film maker Hari Kondabolu, focused on how the Simpons might be stereotyping the South Asian community with the character.
And now it has been reported that Apu Nahasapeemapetilon might be removed from the long-running animated series entirely.
In an interview with IndieWire, producer Adi Shankar revealed that he's verified from 'multiple sources' the removal of Apu from the show. He said: 'They’re going to drop the Apu character altogether.
'They aren’t going to make a big deal out of it, or anything like that, but they’ll drop him altogether just to avoid the controversy.'
The news comes despite Shankar wanting to crowdfund a script that could have saved the character - by addressing the issues raised in The Problem with Apu and updating the character for a modern audience.
He believes axing the character entirely would be a big mistake and could be seen as avoiding the controversy entirely. He said: 'If you are a show about cultural commentary and you are too afraid to comment on the culture, especially when it’s a component of the culture you had a hand in creating, then you are a show about cowardice.
'It’s not a step forward, or step backwards, it’s just a massive step sideways. After having read all these wonderful scripts, I feel like sidestepping this issue doesn’t solve it when the whole purpose of art, I would argue, is to bring us together.'
One of the main 'problems' with Apu is that the character is voiced by Hank Azaria, a white actor, who admitted his portrayal of Apu is actually a homage to white British actor Peter Sellers playing an Indian in the 1968 comedy The Party.
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The Simpsons is just more liberal PC junk being used by the liberal left
Holy crap the perpetually offended are never satisfied.
Firstly they criticise a stereotypical Indian in a show that is nothing but stereotypes of every description.
Then they complain that they are going to remove the stereotypical character.
Just shut the hell up already and find a sense of humour.
Didn't this just happen with some Trans-oriented movie? The left complained about a straight actress being cast as a trans person, and it ended up killing the movie completely when she resigned from the role.
Apu is being consigned to the "ash bin" of history because there is no way they can address the character now without offending someone. They either rape a well established character by "fixing" him (like they did with Luke Skywalker, and we're seeing how THAT is playing out), or they just let him quietly fade into the background of re-runs, and put some white trailer-park dwelling white woman in charge of the Quick-E-Mart. Sorry Apu, you've been let go because people didn't like the way you talked, the way you lived, or the career you chose.
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