Yes, you read the headline correctly! Now what did Homer Simpson really do to have to “pay the piper” and dress up as drag queen in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons alongside RuPaul? Answers on a Springfield postcard please, because in a bizarre turn of events, man’s man “Homer” will be the latest star …
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If you’re a fan of ‘The Simpsons’, then you would have heard about the controversy surrounding the popular character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for alleged stereotyping of the Indian race. Apu’s voice actor, Hank Azaria, stated a few months back that he would be willing to step down from the role in favour of someone of …
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American voice actor Hank Azaria, has recently announced that he would be wiling to “step aside” from his role voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from The Simpsons. The controversy surrounding the characters was followed by a documentary, The Problem With Apu, by Indian-American comic Hari Kondabolu. He argues that the character of Apu is based too heavily on …
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The latest episode of the popular, long-running cartoon The Simpsons addressed the controversy surrounding the character of Apu for the first time. Last year, stand-up comic, actor and filmmaker Hari Kondabolu, who is of Indian-American heritage, made a documentary titled “The Problem With Apu”. In that film, he said that the character was founded on …
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