PC Culture rears it ugly head again: Apu dropped from The Simpsons
"The Simpsons have confirmed that controversial character Apu will be cut out of future episodes. The long-running show has come under fire for it’s depiction of Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, with viewers complaining that the character promotes racist stereotypes of people of Indian and Asian descent."
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October 28, 2018, 03:46 PM
smschulz
Pretty soon every character will be like the comatose morons in white coats as in the original Time Machine movie (1960).
October 28, 2018, 03:46 PM
maladat
The racist stereotype of... being the one reasonable, successful character on the show?
I don't actually watch the Simpsons but from the little I've seen, I always got the impression he was the only one with his shit even a little bit together.
October 28, 2018, 03:51 PM
oddball
^^^^^^^^^^
I haven't watched the show in maybe 10 years, but "controversial" character?
No wonder guys like Seinfeld and Chris Rock don't want to perform in front of leftist snowflakes. They can't take a fuckin' joke.
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October 28, 2018, 03:57 PM
Balzé Halzé
Chrissakes.
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October 28, 2018, 04:01 PM
Tuckerrnr1
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October 28, 2018, 04:01 PM
egregore
How many convenience stores and inexpensive non-chain motels (Patel Motels, as I like to call them) are owned by Indians? I don't know, but it's gotta be a lot.
October 28, 2018, 04:05 PM
John Steed
So the Simpson family is supposed to be typical white people? Mr. Burns is a typical executive?
Or is it just ok to stereotype white people but no one else?
... stirred anti-clockwise.
October 28, 2018, 04:12 PM
stickman428
People still watch the Simpsons?
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October 28, 2018, 04:15 PM
vthoky
Can Apu claim he's being discriminated against? He's being singled out and kicked out of the cast....
God bless America.
October 28, 2018, 04:20 PM
newtoSig765
Didn't work out so well for Hawaii 50's Koreans, did it?
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October 28, 2018, 04:23 PM
gearhounds
Soon all the characters will be grey faced automatons; we can call it The NPSimpsons
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October 28, 2018, 04:38 PM
Jimbo54
I'd bet that 95.5% of the complaints come from white privileged snowflakes.
Jim
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October 28, 2018, 04:39 PM
craigcpa
A billion people of the caste system are really gonna be pissed at this decision.
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October 28, 2018, 04:47 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by stickman428: People still watch the Simpsons?
It's only in its 30th season. So, apparently.
Q
October 28, 2018, 04:48 PM
r0gue
quote:
Originally posted by stickman428: People still watch the Simpsons?
i will watch this show as long as they make it. Unless, of course, they start changing it. Like, if they were to eliminate a character just to be PC.
October 28, 2018, 04:53 PM
Orguss
quote:
Originally posted by vthoky: Can Apu claim he's being discriminated against? He's being singled out and kicked out of the cast....
Don't you mean caste?
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October 28, 2018, 05:25 PM
V-Tail
I wonder how the snowflakes would react to new episodes of All In The Family.
