Comment on Apu sitting in the corner out of picture

magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The voice actor maybe felt bed about being a white guy reinforcing indian stereotypes, or maybe felt pressured, but either way decided that he wasn’t going to voice him anymore, and they decided not to replace him and instead just never give Apu a line again.

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  • magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks. Not replacing him was an odd choice, though.

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not so much; the topic had kind of become a whole thing within the comedy/entertainment circuit on account of Hari Kondabolu making a documentary about it.

      It was a detailed and nuanced discussion about the wider nature of invisible racism, and therefore attracted a ton of kneejerk reactions from people who hadn’t watched it but sure as hell had opinions. In the end it was just easier to let it lie than get tied up in an intractable discussion on whether an Indian person playing up an Indian stereotype for the entertainment of a mainstream audience is still harmful or not

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      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep. And Hank Azaria has a fuckton of other characters to voice, and there’s a huge universe, so no Apu isn’t really a show killing problem.

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  • Dookieman12@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, all those stereotypes of Indian people being successful business owners, loving husbands, dedicated fathers, and all around decent folks really give the wrong idea about Indian people.

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    • barooboodoo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority

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