To be honest, I'm simply amazed it's taken America this long to work out that the Apu stereotype is a touch problematic.Originally Posted by Sir C
I always thought the Simpsons was a, you know, comedy show, which rather gently and charmingly mocked many apsects of mainstream US culture.
I was wrong, apparently.
No British programme with a character like that would have been commissioned in the last 35 years. Look at poor old 'It ain't half hot, mum'. Apu got a pass on British telly purely because the people writing and voicing the character were American rather than British.
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