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The Problem with Apu


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2018 Apr 9, 5:40pm   4,568 views  16 comments

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Simpsons now under attack for Racist Character, Apu.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/983235192310681600

From Jezebel to the NYT, SJWs are enraged their valid complaint was dismissed by the show writers.

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1   FortWayne   2018 Apr 9, 6:52pm  

Liberals are offended yet again...

Of course they aren’t offended by their own fag, lesbian, homeless and other immoral shit they so dearly promote in CA these days. That severed presidents head somehow seemed just right to Kathy.
2   zzyzzx   2018 Apr 10, 8:18am  

https://www.dailywire.com/news/29216/simpsons-responds-leftist-claims-racism-and-emily-zanotti

It turns out, "The Simpsons" doesn't much care what leftists think about the show's now-iconic characters, and used their resident social justice warrior, Lisa Simpson, to deliver this blow: Apu is a beloved part of the Springfield community and that isn't changing any time soon.

In Sunday night's episode, Marge re-edits one of Lisa's favorite bedtime stories, "The Princess in the Garden," to eliminate stereotypes of Irishmen and American southerners, and recasts the protagonist as a "cisgender girl" who "releases horses and fights net neutrality,"

Lisa waves off Marge's modern update, saying she understood the context of the story and that she was fine with it the way it was.

"Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?" Lisa says, before the camera cuts to a photo of Apu.
3   RWSGFY   2018 Apr 10, 12:10pm  

There is no problem with Apu.

The fuckers need to get a fucking life.
4   zzyzzx   2018 May 2, 8:15am  

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/simpsons-apu-pretend-offended-resistance/2018/05/01/id/857747/



Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons," weighed in on a brewing controversy with one of the show's characters by saying people enjoy acting like they take offense to things.

Groening spoke with USA Today about the animated show, which aired its 636th episode over the weekend — a record for a scripted primetime series.

The show is being pressured to change its character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian-American who owns a convenience store in the fictional town of Springfield. The character is voiced by a white man, and the show has been accused of including too many racial stereotypes about him.

"Not really," Groening told USA Today when asked if he would like to comment on the Apu controversy. "I'm proud of what we do on the show. And I think it's a time in our culture where people love to pretend they're offended."

Hank Azaria, the man who voices Apu on the show, said last week he would like to see Apu developed into a new character. He signaled his willingness to quit the show if that does not happen.

"I'm perfectly happy and willing to step aside or help transition it into something new," Azaria said. "I really hope that's what 'The Simpsons' does, it not only makes sense, it just feels like the right thing to do to me."
5   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2018 May 2, 8:26am  

Wait, so it’s ok to portray white characters as buffoons, as imbecile Christians, as corrupt bumbling cops, as a 50 year old living with his mom, as a senile senior, etc

But not ok to portray and Indian man as a 7-11 owner.

OK.
6   Shaman   2018 May 2, 8:33am  

Yah i don’t get it. It’s not like they portrayed Apu as a moron or immoral or something bad. He’s just much different than the other characters because he’s culturally very Indian. In fact, he usually comes across as intelligent, caring, reasonable, and moral as opposed to most of the other white(? They’re more yellow?) characters.
7   Ceffer   2018 May 2, 8:37am  

Just turn Apu into a chick with a dick, problem solved, inclusion and diversity quota on multiple levels.
9   Rin   2018 May 2, 9:33am  

Quigley says
Yah i don’t get it. It’s not like they portrayed Apu as a moron or immoral or something bad. He’s just much different than the other characters because he’s culturally very Indian. In fact, he usually comes across as intelligent, caring, reasonable, and moral as opposed to most of the other white(? They’re more yellow?) characters.


This is actually rather simple ...

Children of immigrants, who don't have an accent but have dark skin and hence are not included in the Armenian/Soviet-American bloc, would rather be portrayed as doctors w/ American accents than a convenient store owner.

So in effect, no one is worried about a stupid Scottish gardener because ppl, on the whole, know that Americans of Scottish descent are already white, lacking an accent, and are well represented in medicine, law, and engineering and thus, don't have a problem with an idiotic gardener.
10   CBOEtrader   2018 May 2, 11:22am  

Quigley says
Yah i don’t get it.


There's nothing to get. The Simpson's is a show that embellishes stereotypes for comedy: the evil corporatist, the Italian mobster, slimy politician, lying and crying salesman, dutiful daughter, rebellious son... all stereotypes for comedy.
11   Goran_K   2018 May 2, 11:40am  

Ceffer says
Just turn Apu into a chick with a dick, problem solved, inclusion and diversity quota on multiple levels.


Can this tranny still sell slurpies and say come again?

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