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Apr 15, 2018 · In this alternate Simpsons, maybe Apu would be a convenience store mogul now, owning several of his own chains. Maybe his relationship with his American-born children would be complicated...
Nov 6, 2017 · “I mean, some Simpsons characters have changed – some have died, Flanders became a widow. But the only Indian in town has always been a convenience store owner.”
Nov 19, 2017 · In 1990, The Simpsons created Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian character who ran the Kwik-E-Mart convenience in Springfield. He spoke with a wicked accent and developed a simple catchphrase...
Apr 10, 2018 · Last year, director Michael Melamedoff and comedian Hari Kondabolu released The Problem with Apu, a documentary about how South Asian people have dealt with seeing most of their American...
It unpacked The Simpsons ' damaging South Asian caricature, Apu, and how people had to grapple with the troubling stereotype of a convenience store clerk with an exaggerated, fake Indian...
Nov 19, 2017 · His new documentary, “The Problem With Apu,” looks at the character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on “The Simpsons” -- a convenience store owner voiced by actor Hank Azaria -- and the effect...
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May 4, 2018 · Critics attack Apu working in a convenience store, but this is a choice motivated by his love for his friends and of his town. Scrubbing the show of anything that could be considered negative is a step backward.
