Apu To Be Dropped From The Simpsons

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Y'see that wasn't what Hari Kondabolu's documentary was about. That was what reactionary idiots jumped to the moment they heard about it but it's made clear that Apu is not a racist character and people are not bad for liking him.

Well I never watched it or had any intention but the few videos I saw on the subject which summarized it telling you why it was a porblem sure seemed to go in that direction as well as the endless "Geek" news blog cycle posts did. Simpsons is a comedy show Apu is a better character than most of their caricatures, I see horrible portrayals of cultures in tv shows all the time that offend me but without a cool documentary to be progressive about it, people just don't care and yet they like to go on SJW tirades over the cool thing to complain of the week.

No they didn't. The way the Simpsons handled controversy (at least back when I used to watch it) was always with a detached coolness. I can't help but think the shows writers in its golden age would have handled this a lot better.

Well you don't think they did, I thought they handled it well so I guess that's subjective. I mean yeah, the golden age simpsons is what we all love, of course they would've handled it much better. And yes the VA of Apu obviously doesn't like being associated in a negative light and has been totally understanding, that doesn't mean the complains are correct, especially when most don't even come from indians.

This is a problem with nerd culture in general

There's a lot of assumptions there and I don't want to get into it in general so I'll keept it as short as I can. There really isn't a problem, the problem came from elsewhere, it became "cool" to be a geek and now the current mainstream trend wants to change this sub/anti-culture and being attacked for questioning it and not accepting the norm. There's a correlation between nerd culture being extremely progressive in the past and now turning on it, it wants freedom.