The Problem With Apu
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Hank Azaria offers to "step aside" from Apu role, calls on The Simpsons to listen to South Asians
Asked by Stephen Colbert about the Apu controversy, Azaria said, “the idea that anyone young or old, past or present,...
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Posted Tuesday 4/24/18 at 10:40PM EDT
The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu is coming out with a Netflix special
The Indian-American comedian and The Simpsons fan/critic will unveil Warn Your Relatives on May 8.
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Posted Wednesday 4/11/18 at 5:23PM EDT
The Problem with Apu will be re-aired on TruTV following The Simpsons' "response" to the documentary
Hari Kondabolu's one-hour documentary on the controversial Simpsons character originally aired last November and is available to stream on TruTV's website.
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Posted Wednesday 4/11/18 at 1:11PM EDT
The Simpsons predicted its "bad response" to the Apu controversy in a 1994 episode
Animator Hamish Steele points out that this week's Lisa Simpson was unlike the Lisa Simpson of 1994.
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Posted Tuesday 4/10/18 at 7:15PM EDT
Indian-American Simpsons fan relates his story about his Apu-like father
Addressing The Problem with Apu director Hari Kondabolu, Amar Shah wondered if he had talked to actual Indian-American convenience store...
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The Simpsons dismisses Apu criticism, sparking backlash
The Simpsons' acknowledgement of the Apu controversy on Sunday's episode came nearly five months after Hari Kondabolu's The Problem with...
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Hank Azaria: The Simpsons will “definitely address” criticism over the Apu character
Azaria didn’t say if The Simpsons reached out to comedian Hari Kondabolu to discuss Apu after his The Problem with...
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Posted Monday 12/04/17 at 9:35PM EST
The Problem with Apu’s Hari Kondabolu wants The Simpsons to make Apu more interesting, not drop the character
Kondabolu tells TMZ he doesn’t want to see Hank Azaria discontinue the Indian character or the accent.
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Posted Monday 12/04/17 at 7:43AM EST
Hank Azaria: The Problem with Apu “gave us a lot of things to think about and we really are thinking about it”
TMZ asked The Simpsons star about Hari Kondabolu’s recent documentary.
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
King of the Hill’s Asian character Kahn Souphanousinphone stood in stark contrast to Apu from The Simpsons
While Apu has been getting grief in the new documentary The Problem with Apu, The Outline points out that Mike...
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Posted Saturday 11/18/17 at 12:32AM EST
In The Problem With Apu, it’s unclear whether The Simpsons’ “most embarrassing" character should be rehabilitated, recast or eliminated
Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s 50-minute documentary, airing Sunday on truTV, scrutinizes the Apu character and the way it has come to...
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Posted Thursday 9/28/17 at 4:23PM EDT
The Simpsons’ Apu is taken to task in the truTV documentary The Problem With Apu
Watch the trailer for South Asian-American comedian Hari Kondabolu’s exploration of the legacy of the Indian convenience store owner, voiced...