Was she enthusiastic in her service or objected to it?

It took it that you were implying that I deliberately can’t or won’t recognize differences between character archetypes and racial stereotypes.

Full disclosure, I’ve watched maybe 10 post-season 10 episodes total, so I’m not sure what Apu has been up to since 1999 or so. But given that the defining characteristic of many Simpsons characters are their jobs (Kent Brockman is a media personality, Hibbert is a doctor, the Sea Captain is a nautical guy) Apu has…

It’s a classic case of “two things.” Just because Apu was likely created for Azaria to do a goofy voice doesn’t mean the show didn’t grow the character in some pretty grounded ways.

“Apu isn’t a character that would come out of, let alone thrive in, the medium as it currently stands”

Everything I mentioned was in an episode that aired during Seasons 1-9, which is technically within the first 31% of the show’s episodes. Also, at the beginning literally other character was a stereotype too—Burns was a generic rich guy, Smithers a generic toady, Skinner a generic authority figure, etc.—so it’s not…

Yeah, I’m not sure if this is a poorly-written review, or if the documentary itself glosses over those aspects.

“little thought has been given to the Apu character beyond the accent, that Apu is his ethnicity (and a blatantly distorted one at that) and that’s it.”

Here’s the simple fact: The Washington Post did journalism the right way, and Jezebel did not.

To be fair, the first season literally established that he died because it didn’t occur to him that he would need some way to breath inside a safe. That’s an admittedly cartoonish level of stupidity, but I don’t feel like the show has gone beyond that since then.

In a way, aren’t we all just actors reciting dialogue?

In a way, aren’t they all actors just reciting dialogue?

Because she is in the BAD place. No good clothing choices.

i think we just need time to familiarize ourselves with the characters again like we did in season 1. by putting us in michael’s shoes, yes, the good place does feel a bit like it’s going through the motions of each character as we are taken away from their perspective, but i don’t think this is permanent. the show is…

My boss told me “not to rock the boat’ and that was pretty much the standard attitude around there , reporting him would reflect badly on us and draw attention to us from DC . I found that many people choose career over doing the right thing ( I think that’s a very common thing )  they preferred the guys doing the…

I agree with Michael’s redemption is likely only temporary. If the threat of being punished/retired by Shawn wasn’t looming over him, he’d be selling out Team Cockroach in a heartbeat. I think he’s slightly more torn about Janet only because they’ve spent so much time one-on-one. He may be softer towards Eleanor only…

This. The reviews exist to serve the website and its business partners, not the public. It’s true for all of the hotel booking sites. Any review that alleges something serious may be nixed, and it doesn’t need to be on the level of a violent sex crime. We were eaten by bedbugs on a trip to Manhattan, and all of my…

If they were smart, they’d realize that leaving those up, maybe even making a specific place to look for that information, would make their site drastically more popular among women, and be a huge competitive advantage. I mean, Yelp will just take down unflattering things if the business buys some ads. That renders…

Agreed, but a moral individual or organisation would do something if given this kind of information especially one like tripadvisor that rates and reviews. But like I said there are no pluses for an organization to report this kind of conduct.

I don’t get why Trip Advisor has to be “family friendly”. It’s not like kids are using that site to plan the family’s next vacation.