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2. The Problem with Apu - Wikipedia

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   The Problem with Apu is a 2017 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu and produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff. It focuses on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian immigrant in the animated sitcom The Simpsons who, for a period, was the only figure of Indian heritage to appear regularly on mainstream U.S. television.

3. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon - Wikipedia

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   Apu also makes an appearance in The Simpsons: Road Rage as a passenger and unlockable playable character. He also is a character players acquire fairly early on in the open-ended online game The Simpsons: Tapped Out. In 2015, Apu appeared as a non-playable character in the toys-to-life video game Lego Dimensions. In game, he only appears in the ...

4. Hari Kondabolu - Wikipedia

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   Kondabolu is the lead, creator, and executive director of The Problem with Apu, a documentary about the character Apu from The Simpsons that premiered in November 2017 on TruTV. [54] [55] The film contextualizes Apu within minstrelsy and other tropes in American pop culture history that have historically stereotyped minorities.

5. The Simpsons star Harry Shearer says recasting ... - AOL

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   The Simpsons star Harry Shearer has said recasting him with a Black actor has negatively “affected” one of the show’s main characters. ... Since the documentary The Problem with Apu debuted, ...

6. Fans of ‘The Simpsons’ bummed out by latest Apu stereotyping

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   The Simpsons has responded to the Apu stereotyping controversy, and not everyone is down with how it was handled. In the fifteenth episode of Season 29, "No Good Read Goes Unpunished," Marge reads ...

7. 'The Simpsons' Actor Apologizes for Voicing 30 Years of ...

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   Host Dax Shepard commended the way Azaria responded to the controversy after it gained attention from the 2017 documentary "The Problem with Apu" by comedian Hari Kondabolu. “The Simpsons ...

8. APU - Wikipedia

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   The Problem with Apu a 2017 documentary film critiquing stereotypes of people from India and the fictional character of Apu in The Simpsons Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title APU .

9. ‘Simpsons’ Star Hank Azaria Apologizes to ‘Every Single ...

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   Hank Azaria has issued an apology for voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on “The Simpsons,” a controversial role he played for 30 years despite Apu being Indian. “I apologize for my part in ...