Heard this in John Oliver’s voice nonetheless. A sleepy John Oliver, perhaps; hugging his pillow, in his jammies, and tucking in for a long night of sweet Driver dreams.

Presumably spoken like someone who didn’t spend middle school hearing kids say “Thank you come again” every time you walked by them.

Just going to point out that the thread where two evidently Indian guys are discussing their relationship with representation is waaay less popular than the threads where a bunch of white people argue with each other. Sigh.

Agreed. Homeland was inconsistent at times, with some seasons stronger than others. But the entire last season was really good, imo, and I really liked the ending, which I didn’t see coming (though I should’ve in retrospect).

Pretty much same experience I had as a kid. I don’t really blame Apu that much for getting made fun of or picked on though, kids are just plain assholes when they want to be. They would have made fun of me for something else if they weren’t handed layups from The Simpsons.

First gen Indian-American here. From my user name, you can guess my approx age and know that I grew up IN THE THICK of prime Simpson’s. I’m forever grateful to that show giving me & my family so much joy (and now I get to bond over it again w/ my kids).

As a kid, it was interesting to see Apu on the screen. We were…

See, I agree with that in theory. But those are things about his character we are told over time. What we see on a regular basis is a stereotypical Indian character with a funny voice working a stereotypical job for Indian-Americans.

Using another example; my favorite movie is Psycho, which like Silence of the Lambs…

I think this does nothing but speak well of Hank Azaria, and yet, granting the fact that I’m not Indian and that my feelings on the matter have no bearing on how someone feels growing up Indian American, I loved Apu when I was a kid and feel like the writing staff treated the character as if they loved him, too.

Dammit. I agree with you both. I NEED TO BE ANGRY WITH ONE OF YOU!

I mean yes, he was given a family that loves him, but his marriage wasn’t exactly the least race-driven plot ever - You had him lying to his family, his arranged marriage, Homer dressing up as Ganesh.

I don’t totally disagree with you, but I think a lot of the problem is that he’s a caricature created from an outside perspective that, due to his beloved status on a near institution, has had an unfathomable role in shaping the perception of Indian Americans in popular culture. Genuine ill-intended racism aside, The…

This is probably going to end up being an unpopular opinion but...

I loved it so much, I bought the DVD. I’m a sucker for SF that’s as much about inner space as outer.

And the question, ‘What do we love when we love someone?’ is one I find perpetually intriguing. It’s not one that’s tackled all that often (that first Trill episode of ST:TNG comes to mind, but not much else).

Reviled by who? I love this movie; everyone was great in it but I would single out Viola Davis. And that Cliff Martinez score, gorgeous. Sure, it was doesn’t have a 12-minute wordless shot of a guy in a taxi or whatever, so I guess it’s not ART.

Gotta’ get Patrick Stewart to record a Tiktok video supporting Burton as host saying, “Make it so, Sony!” in his best Jean Luc Picard voice.

Levar is so committed to Jeopardy,

it would be if he weren’t right

Hey there; just wanna say fuck you. Okay, thanks.

The Dark Knight is no more responsible for crap like the Snyderverse (come at me) than Star Wars is for the glut of tiresome imitator space movies from the 1980s, or Nirvana is for the entirety of late 90s rock. Innovators are not responsible for imitators.

growing up in the Bible belt, this coincidence was definitely exploited by rumor-mongering Jesus-obsessed grade schoolers to convince us all to associate weed with Nazis