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Posted Friday 4/13/18 at 1:17PM EDT
The Simpsons boss: "I truly appreciate all responses pro and con" to our response to the Apu controversy
Showrunner Al Jean tweeted this morning that the show "will continue to try to find an answer that is popular...
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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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Posted Monday 4/09/18 at 6:11PM EDT
The Simpsons' response to Apu is what happens when a show loses its identity after being on for "a long damn time"
The Simpsons was once the rebellious outsider, says Jen Chaney.
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Posted Friday 3/30/18 at 9:30PM EDT
Actors of South Asian descent are all the rage this pilot season
New Girl's Hannah Simone starring as The Greatest American Hero on ABC and CBS' Pandas in New York, which revolves...
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Hasan Minhaj is leaving The Daily Show for his own weekly Netflix comedy show
Minhaj will become the first Indian-American to host a weekly comedy show as a result of Netflix's 32-episode order.
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Posted Thursday 1/25/18 at 9:04PM EST
Female Indian-American reboot of The Greatest American Hero gets an ABC pilot pickup
The new Greatest American Hero follows a 30-year-old Indian-American woman from Cleveland who takes on the William Katt role.
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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...