You’re correct on this IMO. The ramification of Apu was the fact that tons of people were just quoting him because they found his accent and the things he said hilarious. This RARELY had anything to do with the content of what he said but was more due to the accent itself.
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I think they were stating that Apu’s depiction was lauded as something progressive and inoffensive has now been deemed politically incorrect. Not the Simpson’s generally.
Agreed. And if anything, Apu is one of the more level-headed, upstanding Simpson’s characters. Sure he’s cartoonish (like everyone else on the show), but Apu is a pretty multi-faceted character who is often use to tell stories of inclusiveness and cultural tolerance.
Agree. It’s always been problematic. Also having Lisa say, “It’s hard to say. Something that started decades and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?” is extremely out of character for her and something she would never say. Seems intentional to add some sort of intellectual…
It’s stereotypical for sure, but I think they do that with many of their characters, so I would hesitate to call it blatant racism. Bottom line is a 30 year old show that at it’s best was disparaging on all fronts has some out of date characters, and they are bringing up a valid point that they were one of the first…
I think its more of an audience problem than cultural problem. While I’m not outraged over Apu, I understand the issues at play. When the Simpson’s were first created, the assumed audience was likely middle class white people. In the late 80s and 90s, there were actually some good things that Apu’s presence did. For…
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It’s the same with South Park. The show’s core philosophy of political nihilism, where people who advocate social change are terrible people and we should all live in mediocrity, has not changed simce the show started and may have played a role in influencing modern conservatism.
I love the Simpsons but I still have to say that the racism surrounding Apu was always there, it’s just that nowadays we’re finally calling this type of stuff out more. You don’t get a free pass just because it’s from a time that people cared less.
And it seemed so improbable that as Simon was beating the shit out of him, it didn’t phase him at all. Come on.
Does anyone want to try and explain the logic of Aaron hanging out in the woods as a plan to convince the women of Oceanside to join the fight?
Among the many reasons I loathe Negan is that Jeffrey Dean Morgan looks sickly thin. He looks like he can barely lift a baseball bat. Yet everyone cowers around him.
I’ve worked with this person as well. You present facts and they “yeah but...” you into fucking oblivion until you just give up, because you have neither the time nor the patience to keep explaining simple shit to a stupid person.
I used to work for a guy like him. I would do hours of analysis, come up with charts and graphs so that even a toddler could walk their way to the right answer and he would end with: “No, that doesn’t seem right.”
Just remember - this is a man who went bankrupt selling steaks, football and gambling to Americans*…
Seems he is falling into the classic show biz trap, broke through, had some success but let it go straight to his head. And now thinks he is far more of a big deal than he really is.
I thought it was the prequel Emoticons. 8^0
Except then the shoot calendar starts to push out; if you’re booked for other work, it starts affecting your availability which is decidedly not cool.
even if they got paid it’s unfair to make a bunch of people wake up super early in the morning and sit around for hours just because you don’t want to come to work.