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Hank Azaria will no longer voice Apu on The Simpsons
- Thread starter WrenchNinja
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Oh I know, I think it needs to have died years ago, for multiple reasons...but if this is the way it starts, so be it.
Why take offense at just Apu? If Apu alone is such an issue, they should just cancel the show. So many of their characters are portrayed as stereotypes.
because it was pointed out in a pretty detailed and honest way in a movie, and that attention hurt the character specifically
i fell like they might cast an Indian voice actor in the role
Because the character being of Indian descent was came up with as a joke voice by a bunch of white guys?
Well, that's kind of cool. I mean, they aren't going away any time soon.
So if Apu stays, this is a good change.
So if Apu stays, this is a good change.
I used to watch the show when I was younger but stopped. Why does everyone want the show to end? I have no opinion just wondering. Someone catch me up?
It's really sad. The Simpsons was my favorite show growing up. Now I haven't watched it maybe 10 years.
So either Apu is getting written out or he's getting a new voice.
But who even cares at this point... calling the show a shambling zombie is an insult to shambling zombies.
The right move would be a reboot with a fresh cast. At least recast Marge since it's clear Julie Kavner can't do it anymore.
Intense seasonal rot.
The brilliant writing of the early seasons are gone.
A big reason The Simpsons was so successful was that there was nothing like it on TV. Now everybody is doing the same thing The Simpsons are doing, and it just drags itself through the motions.
Nothing can change.
But who even cares at this point... calling the show a shambling zombie is an insult to shambling zombies.
The right move would be a reboot with a fresh cast. At least recast Marge since it's clear Julie Kavner can't do it anymore.
Intense seasonal rot.
The brilliant writing of the early seasons are gone.
A big reason The Simpsons was so successful was that there was nothing like it on TV. Now everybody is doing the same thing The Simpsons are doing, and it just drags itself through the motions.
Nothing can change.
Why do people want the show canceled? I certainly don't watch it anymore, but what does it matter to me? If people are still watching and enjoying The Simpsons, why take it away from them?
I believe part of it is because Indians barely get any representation in media and Apu is probably the biggest one. Not exactly a role model. Yeah there's tons of other stereotypes on the show but they're not minority groups that barely get representation elsewhere.
Plus the whole being voiced by a white guy.
The race, name, and accent was chosen explicitly as a joke. The original character was just a cashier and nothing else. There was no part about the creation that wasn't racist and it shaped peoples perception of Hindu people in a formative time when TV had no other.
Also whataboutism isn't a rebuttal.
Watch The Problem with Apu on Hulu and you'll have all the answers ya need.
95% of the people who are calling for it to end haven't actually seen an episode in the past ten years. Not only do they have no stakes in it at all, they also don't really have any idea how good or bad the show actually is.
I still watch it.
The occasional gem isn't worth multiple episodes of gray sludge.
To be honest, I absolutely hate The Simpsons as it is now. I've watched when 'it's got good again' several times now, including with the latest season.
But a reboot of The Simpson's I really doubt would work. If it's not complete counter-culture parody then the fans of early simpsons won't pay mind, and turning it into something new will just drive away those who stick to the show for consistency now.
It's not even alive anymore. It's the first zombie show in history.
I don't watch the show, but I read that they stopped writing Apu into episodes years ago, even before the "The Problem with Apu" brought attention to it.
As soon as the controversy came up a few years ago, they should have used the opportunity to transition Apu to a new voice (which would be by an Indian voice actor). They could have easily had a storyline in which Apu admits he's been faking that accent all these years because he thought it was expected of him, to act in such a stereotypical way. He started doing it and it became harder and harder to stop, but now he realizes he needs to change it, as he has to be true to himself. It would be a perfect metaphor in storyline for the actual real-world situation.
This. It needs to end so it'll be remembered as a classic instead of a show that overstayed its welcome
Tho show mixing itself with popular culture is eye rolling
I a strange facination with UK sitcoms, i even write Keeping up Appearances Fanfiction
The show should do the only thing it's good for these days and hire an Indian actor just to give them work.
Yeah, that's the conundrum. It's hard to do a counter-culture show these days since TV is no longer going to do that. You gotta go to the internet.
His last major episode was 2016 (Much Apu About Something). The Problem with Apu came out 2017.
pretty much
learning and adapting is a good sign, the past is the past
It's good in the sense that The Goldbergs is good. A 7/10 show that gets a laugh out of me now and then. It won't go down as an all-time classic, but good enough to watch with dinner.
I'm not really interested in 7/10 Simpsons. And that's being generous from the handful of new episodes I check out every season.
You could just not watch it? Haven't watched the show since like season 10 but why would I care if it ended?
Yeah, what's a white guy to do when he can't even play a minority on The Simpsons? What else is there after this tragedy?
Because it's a shitty stereotype of a group of people who have little representation in Western media.
they seriously pulled back on the character since then, ive heard
Oh look, a thread in which some members will defend low grade racism because it caters to their tastes.
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This is so stupid there was nothing wrong with Apu