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- Kondabolu traces the origins of The Simpsons character to a legacy of brownface performance by actors such as Peter Sellers in The Party. In parts of the documentary, Kondabolu expresses his appreciation for The Simpsons as a subversive and culturally astute institution on the landscape of mainstream North American media.
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Nov 6, 2017 · Comedian Hari Kondabolu says he likes The Simpsons and it had a huge influence on his own comedy – but he was bullied as a child because of Apu (Credit: Alamy)
Apr 9, 2018 · The Simpsons on-air response reveals that the minds behind the long-running animated series either entirely failed to grasp Kondabolu's point or (perhaps, unfortunately, more likely) they were ...
Kondabolu grew up watching The Simpsons and cites it as a major influence on his comedy and cultural savvy. Initially, he liked the character Apu because the character was the only representation of his family's culture regularly aired on television in the United States.
Nov 19, 2017 · In his new documentary 'The Problem with Apu', Hari Kondabolu uses The Simpsons' Kwik-E-Mart owner as a lens onto Indian stereotypes.
Nov 17, 2017 · The movie examines the character’s origins, as well as the shadow he’s cast over people of South Asian descent, especially American-born twenty- and thirtysomethings like Kondabolu—people who...
Nov 19, 2017 · It's called 'The Problem with APU' and it challenges the representation of an Indian character on the long running animated series 'The Simpsons'. Comedian Hari Kondabolu made the documentary...
Nov 10, 2017 · The brainchild of the actor and standup comic Hari Kondabolu, a lifelong lover of “The Simpsons,” the film wrestles with how a show praised for its incisive humor — over the years, it has...
