Is Peter Sellers next...drunken waiter played brilliantly by Steve Franken who has numerous credits.
Hank Azaria apologies to every Indian person for voicing Simpson's Apu
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It's already been done, quietly. Since it became a hot topic, the people in charge decided that Apu would not be in any future episodes. Many years ago I was at a talk by M. Reiss, a senior writer at The Simpsons, and he broached the topic. He said back in the year 1(ish) nobody was sure of how the character of Apu would be received, and with a very foreign accent. A short time later the East Indian community were happy, not just that they were being portrayed, but portrayed as a decent, tax paying, law abiding person. Decades later the social justice crowd decided this was an affront to East Indians. And that's when the suits decided to pull the plug on Apu.
This prompts a question. Why is it that the social justice warriors cannot find fault with the character of Homer Simpson, or any other white man in The Simpsons with foibles? There are many.
It's the same with John Belushi on the SNL doing the Greek restaurant sketch. Of course the Greeks are not dark enough for the woke morons to react, but I remember well the Greeks I knew being so proud and happy about it and how they loved to replay the whole thing-even the older guys who hardly spoke English-cheeseburger, cheeseburger, coke! Or the Japanese Belushi, LOL!
I know as a Canadian I am thrilled just to be acknoedged to exist not matter how stereotypical the treatment is.
Apu should be the one to apologize, make it in the form of a public service announcementThis idiot should donate all the money he made in 30 years from the gig...
Longtime The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria has apologized to “every Indian person” for voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
Azaria, who voiced the fan favourite character since he first appeared on the show in 1990, issued the apology Monday on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s podcast Armchair Expert. It was especially poignant for Padman, who is Indian.
‘Simpsons’ actor apologizes to ‘every Indian person’ for voicing Apu - National | Globalnews.ca
Hank Azaria had voiced Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon since the character first appeared on 'The Simpsons' in 1990.globalnews.ca
...You almost have to have the funny bone removed along with that racist bone you aren't supposed to have in your body. Major surgery of dubious value...
