The Problem with Apu
- 2017
- 49m
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3.8/10
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts... Read allComedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities.Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities.
Vivek Murthy
- Self
- (as Vivek H. Murthy)
Hank Azaria
- Self
- (archive footage)
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As an Indian, I hate this Hari, aka, Male-Lilly-Singh
- "You're the one who hate Indians, Hari. Not Simpsons"
- How is this disrespectful when it used to be true for first generation immigrants? Your family got its privileges and you don't have that accent because you're not an Indian, just of that descent. So, don't speak on our behalf, you idiot!
- What, whoever this guy is, doesn't understand is, he is not Indian enough to have a say in it. In fact, he is probably more racist towards people of South Asia than the writers he is blaming. He hates our accent but welcomes our victim card, making all his stand ups about this and this only.
"How many times has been in India? How many shows has he had here? I didn't even know he existed till now and he feels entitled to represent my entire race."
- He also completely disregarded one thing: however racist it might feel:
You should be grateful to them, not grumpy. Don't try to convert your emotional baggage into others' guilt.
Hypocrisy?
Well Indians stereotype foreigners in their movies with an awfully hinglish accent from dacades!
Show them as sluts and bar dancers, drug dealers, and what not, but that's alright but apu is a problem, hmm.
Hypocrisy?
I'm an Indian an I love Simpsons! Apu doesn't represent every indian guy.. get a life! It's a comedy show.
Outrageous
I'm not sure how this got past any editors or test screeners. it is an awful over reaching mess with many arguments falling short after thinking on them for a few minutes. using Apu as a scapegoat seems like just a way for this m,an to make his money. would not recommend
What a Loser
I never heard of the guy who starred in this documentary. The.main reason.this guy created the documentary in the first place is that nobody ever heard of the idiot. He only created the show because he does not have a career and he is trying desperately to get a career. His standup routine shown in the documentary is terrible and completely amateurish.
Picking on Hank Azaria will NOT get this unknown loser a career. The loser should get a bookkeeping.certificate from a junior college and get a real job. This untalented idiot is an immature kid who will NEVER have a career in showbiz.
Picking on Hank Azaria will NOT get this unknown loser a career. The loser should get a bookkeeping.certificate from a junior college and get a real job. This untalented idiot is an immature kid who will NEVER have a career in showbiz.
Why attack the past?
I understand the concept. I would be annoyed too if I was spoken to in the voice of a Simpsons character in the 90's, but that's where the problem is, in the 90's. I love the Simpsons but the show doesn't have the same cultural pull it did in the 90's. The shared experiences of those interviewed all seem to have taken place a couple decades ago when the Simpson's was in it's prime. That aside the documentary was poorly pieced together and was more about stroking to ego of Hari Kondabolu than actually attacking the problems with Apu. Bottom line find something else to watch.
Did you know
- TriviaBy the beginning of 2020, Hank Azaria had stepped down from the role of Apu. Later that year the producers of the The Simpsons (1989) declared that white actors will not longer voice non-white characters.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Brain Dump: The Apu That I Know (2018)
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