Comment on Apu sitting in the corner out of picture

• skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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    • the_xboxkiller@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      no Apu isn’t really a show killing problem

      Can’t say the same about the writing tho 😅

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      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        FORREAL

        I just… sometimes reel when thinking about how been really bad… like, phoned in, then joked about phoning it in, then cozyed into how lazy it could all be… imho makes a great argument nothing should last 10+ seasons

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Writing the show while various groups without any sense of humor move goalposts around is what killed the show. Make no mistake, it may still airing, but it’s been garbage for a long time.

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      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        **while various groups without any sense of humor move goalposts **

        aw did someone ick your yum? did someone say “hey that’s racist as fuck” and were right, so society moved on and it left you back in the 70s rofls?

        various groups without any sense of humor… jfc…

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    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Let Brockmire take over the Quicky Mart…

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      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        this would be a fun take

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