"We all made the decision together," Azaria said. "We all agreed on it. We all feel like it's the right thing and good about it."In the show, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is in an arranged marriage with eight children and speaks accented English.is indeed no longer doing the voice of Apu, I do hope they keep the character & let a very talented writing staff do something interesting with him. If not to better the show, then to atleast spare me some death threats.
At the time, Azaria said "the idea that anybody was marginalized based on it or had a hard time was very upsetting to me personally and professionally" during a"The idea that anybody, young or old, past or present, was bullied or teased or worse based on the character of Apu on The Simpsons, the voice or any other tropes of the character is distressing," he continued."The intent was to make people laugh and to bring joy.
Kondabolu reacted to the news of Azaria stepping down on Twitter, saying he hopes the character remains on the show. "My documentary 'The Problem with Apu' was not made to get rid of a dated cartoon character, but to discuss race, representation & my community . It was also about how you can love something & still be critical about aspects of it ," he shared.
TooFab Makes absolutely no sense why wait 30 years on the final season to stop voicing Apu
TooFab The show is old old old, time to retire
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TooFab Next thing you know, he'll apologize for playing a gay man in the Birdcage!!! Sheesh!!
TooFab It's just a damn cartoon!!!! Wtf?
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TooFab So if an Indian guy is the voice, that’s ok? Lame
TooFab Probably tbh
TooFab Ridiculous....
TooFab See, the left are really like the Nazis. Everyone must only act like their race. Unfortunately you aren’t allowed to ask their race or gender. So, if we can ask or assume race, religion, or gender how can we tell him it’s wrong?.....left wing head explosion....LOL
TooFab Hook me up I want to do voice over for thex Simpson’s- $$$$
TooFab Then people will say people from different race can't get a role play
TooFab Can everyone stop being offended by everything? For Christ’s sake. People are so desperate to find something to be offended by that they’re now attacking fictitious characters. Get a life.
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TooFab Hank...you are weak!!
TooFab Blackish does the same thing. If your going to pick on one pick on all of them!
TooFab Wait...it’s the voice of Bart Simpson a woman How dare she!
TooFab Fucking snowflakes
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TooFab 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but it’s true who cares
TooFab Simpsons been running 30 years, it's a little too late to complain, let's not make a Cosby out of the Simpsons lol stop ruining people's childhoods Simpsons
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TooFab More horseshit letting the leftist liberals win in this country Disney owns The Simpsons it's Disney so no surprise there
TooFab Really? 😔
TooFab The pussification of America
TooFab Bullshit. 'Stereotype?' Someone should do a study of every Speedway, 7-11 and similar stores and see what ethnic groups own the most stores.
TooFab Tell them I will do it. Im not that sensitive
TooFab 🙄. Ugh. Maybe the ethnic group being portrayed aren't the ones bitching.
TooFab 30 seasons now ppl in they feelings..they should kill his character off for the BS of society..Cleveland Brown is/was voiced by a white man 🙄🤦🏾♀️
TooFab What a joke. But, fair enough. Returning the money since you have such issues with it? Walk into any 7/11 and that's exactly what you hear. Actual worse. And the stink! Because these mofos don't believe in deodorant!
TooFab I'll do it, pay me to do the voice.
TooFab Humm. Why the sudden change? You been doing it forever already!!
TooFab It’s not a racial stereotype. Apu is the first generation Indian American in Springfield. He was born and raised in India then came over in his 20s. His accent was already there when he came to Springfield. The people who are offended are the ignorant.
TooFab Wow
TooFab It's funny that the Simpsons were catering to the Anti Trump base with episodes about him or even a clip with the 4 congresswomen. Turns out their own side ate them and cancelled them.
TooFab Never watched the show.
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TooFab It’s comedy of an animated character that cannot survive political correctness police and cancel culture. Sad. Sorry HankAzaria No more weezing the juice.
TooFab I’m k with that, I stopped watching the Simpsons ages ago anyway
TooFab Sensitive ass World we Live in
TooFab Thanks A Lot You Politically Correct Tight Arses!. Peer Pressure.
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TooFab I’m offended that Otto the school bus driver is stereotyped as a stoner 🤘🏻
TooFab Remember the SNUH episode of the Simpsons? Yeah. We are there now.
TooFab Okay this is getting ridiculous
TooFab Oh ffs he’s been doing it for 30 goddamn years. Why is it suddenly not ok?
TooFab I’m getting tired of you mfs!!! Seriously. Stop ruining everything that’s been working fine.
TooFab 🙄🙄🙄🙄😑😑😑
TooFab People are taking this COMEDY way too seriously.
TooFab Too bad he was bullied to quit this amazing character
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TooFab Can we go back to a time when people weren’t so offended or triggered by every little thing? 🥺
TooFab I'm surprised it took this long to have the spotlight on this cartoon.
TooFab FFS enough of this political correctness, liberals are the absolute worst people on earth. They ruin everything and have no idea how to have fun. Watch Blazing Saddles and have a good laugh losers.
TooFab Funny how it's ok for caucasians to play ethnic characters until members of that ethnic community being misrepresented start asking, why don't just hire an ethnic actor to play the ethnic cartoon character? 20yrs, he should be thankful it took this long.
TooFab Has to be done before anymore humorless white liberals get offended! LiberalsDestroyEverything
TooFab Totally ridiculous
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TooFab Come on.....no more Apu...
TooFab The boo boo on comedy movement
TooFab Everyone needs to lighten the F up. Case closed!!!
TooFab So they just going to kill off the character or what? This is 20 years too late
TooFab How is it stereotyping when literally every gas station and quicky Mart here is run by Indians? My friend is one such Indian and he laughs about it. His family owns 5+ of them.
TooFab Apparently Meagan is open to voiceovers
TooFab So after 30 years of paychecks he decided not to do it? Yeah, that’s showing them Hank.
TooFab He's been voicing that character for 30+ years...NOW he's decided to stop? What's he trying to say; An Indian-American CAN'T be a Kwik-E-Mart owner🤷♂️🤦♂️
TooFab Think Hanky boy is gonna refuse all the royalties?
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TooFab So annoyed with this Political Correctness B.S........ People have been watching the Simpsons for years & now they wanna complain about certain characters Go screw yourselves A-Holes !!!
TooFab Give me a break! Ofcourse there are stereo types. If you have more ppl that do something than don’t of the same ethnicity it’s a stereo type. It’s 20/20 ppl need to stop acting like this is the first time they’ve been introduced to this.
TooFab This is getting absolutely rediculous. Stop this madness. Names, colors, genders be what they may. I don’t like all people regardless of this. All races have their good and shall we say bad. So sue me. My husband is hispanic. He’s gotten a bad word or two in our many years.
TooFab Everybody crying about the most unimportant things these days
TooFab Fuck outta here with that shit man.. he got famous for saying 'welcome to the kwiki mart'
TooFab No one cares back in the 90’s when this show was huge now people do god America is going soft
TooFab Total crap.
TooFab Honestly, great now that you complained you have no representation on the Simpsons without apu there’s no apu wife, children, brother, cousin... good job lemme complain about Cleveland Brown being voiced by a white man and have him canceled so I won’t have any rep either..
TooFab Ridiculous
TooFab HankAzaria Bart has to go gender appropriation (played by a female) Willie has to go (sterotype) Smithers has to go ( played by actor of the wrong sexual orientation) Irish (portrayed as drunken louts) . Oh forget the last one. I'm Irish 😁😁
TooFab You have ruined your brand HarveyLevinTMZ Soy Boy and Thug brand at the same time, oxymoron. You also act like an 18 year girl fawning over Pete Butt.
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TooFab And in other news....
TooFab my God theyre ruining everything. its like we're being dragged down some authoritarian dark road where nobody will dare even acknowledge anything different about each other. Its oppressive bullshittery. a lot of this crap doesnt evn make any logical sense cause its not derogatory
TooFab I would have had more respect for him had he maintained his non racist heart and sense of humor.
TooFab Dr Hibbert is loosely based off of Bill Cosby, should we cancel him off too? And the excuse can't be, I was called Apu growing up, there's worse things to he called than Apu
TooFab He caved.
TooFab I’m surprised it took this long!
TooFab So...we should SILENCE! anyone who actually TALKS like Apu? hmmmmmmm
TooFab Give me a fucking break. It’s a show about stereotypes. From Homer on down. What has happened to this country?
TooFab Back off snowflakes
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TooFab mi mi mi, sempre acham, besteira pra ter noticia,
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