I found the “thank you, come again” phrase funny because it was a “we’re done here, go away” statement and not because of the accent.

Apu’s character has been more heavily developed than Krusty’s.

They actually did do a lot of episodes dealing with him, and trying to round him out more. I feel like people choose to forget this for the sake of an argument.

Manjula and Apu were both hesitant to get married. They only decided to try it “we can always get divorced”.

I dont agree with this at all. Apu is just as fleshed out as the other side characters and has had a ton of episodes dedicated just to him. Apu is always seen as the morally correct individual in the room. An extremely hard worker who has to do more to get less. They handled his arranged marriage in a very tasteful…

Does the documentary go into the full depiction of Apu or does it focus mostly on his accent? I heard an NPR interview with Kondabolu and that did focus almost entirely on how Apu speaks, but I feel like there’s a lot more to how the show depicts Apu - they treated the practice of arranged marriages pretty artfully…

You mean Apu the hard working immigrant who has a doctorate and yet still can’t get equivalent employment? A man who is part of an arranged marriage and is trying to provide for 8 kids?

Basically this. People are going to whine about Apu being politically incorrect, but not whine about Groundskeeper Willie being a loud, angry, alcohol loving hyper-caricature of Scottish people? How about the episode in Australia, where everyone was portrayed as Crocodile Dundee-like caricatures?

When I first came to the US, I had a pretty thick Indian accent. It was my Freshman year in high school. I’m sure the kids would’ve made fun of my accent either way, but the most common thing was for them to either say “thank you come again” to me or to ask me to do it. It certainly didn’t help that I spoke English…

I don’t think anyone needs to watch a documentary to understand why people might find Apu unfunny or offensive. The problem I have with Kondabolu’s position is not that he holds it, but that he seems to think that he’s a pure representative of Indian-Americans. This notion that if one person with a platform finds…

Understood completely.

Hey, speaking as someone who has been watching The Simpsons since the very beginning and who considers it an inextricable part of his personality, you should check out The Problem With Apu. It’s a well-made documentary and may make you think twice about the character, even if you love him. It’s okay to love things…

Simpsons gets a pass from my perspective. Probably doesn’t (and shouldn’t) mean anything to anyone else, but for me at least they are good.

See, this is where the generational divide shows itself. I am almost 50 and have been out here in the world as a minority woman for what feels like forever. Due to the times in which I came of age, I believe that there is not automatically a power imbalance just because one person in the couple is a decade older than…

I’m not talking about coersion; I’m talking about moves that dudes think look sexy but are just lame. The way the article described Aziz’s moves themselves was specifically to humiliate him and make him seem awkward and immature. Dudes are often awkward and immature. That’s a large reason why they don’t know a lot…

“I’m not good at” returning people’s calls

We’re you dropped on your head as a child? He’s explained this over and over again. There is nothing circular about it.

As long as you can get American soldiers killed, you will always have defenders, because there will always be people who think saying that American soldiers were sent somewhere to die for no good reason is more offensive than sending American soldiers somewhere to die for no good reason.

If they know what they’re doing (HAHAHA) never. Nothing rallies up opposition to a war faster than conscription.