But the fake news!
How will I spend my time now without dying out of boredom?
Oh well, sure some new fake news hysteria arises before I end typing this.
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Simpsons Might Get Rid of Apu because of Negative Stereotypes
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How will I spend my time now without dying out of boredom?
Oh well, sure some new fake news hysteria arises before I end typing this.
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And while we're at it, can we stop posting news about oversensitive thin-skinned extremist groups who find every damn thing offensive?
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I wasn't aware of any hysteria in the first place. Mostly people just thought it was a silly decision. I still don't expect to see Apu in future episodes, but this whole thing will blow over pretty quickly.
Where does it say that they are not getting rid of Apu in the articles you linked? They both say it's unclear what will happen and that the guy said he does not speak for them. Those articles you linked says the same thing the article I linked says.
I personally don't think they will get rid of Apu. They probably use this to their advantage and let interest in their show build. Then come out with an episode joking about this. But the hysteria of people complaining about Apu is ridiculous. Since the show is full of stereotypes.
They did have an episode making fun of SJW's, cultural appropriation, safe spaces, and college campuses. They kind of predicted the NPC Meme. Simpsons predicts everything.
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I guess it's just about taking a good look at the world, finding the most absurd and scandalous thing that is probable it will happen someday, and making an episode about it.
Perhaps they fail the prediction some times, but when they get it right it looks like they are magicians (when actually it was something that looked like it could happen).
I am starting to think they did for the same reason as "Brain's Death" on Family Guy. No one noticed he was missing until they pointed this out, just like no one noticed Brain died until people started talking about his death on social media. The Simpsons is a show that no one really watches anymore and Apu's absence going unnoticed is more than enough evidence to require something drastic like this.
The last time I watched the Simpsons was back in 2012 2013ish, and I thought it was fucking awful. Just full of celebrity cameos that I didn't give a fuck about. I cannot even imagine how bad it is now.
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Oh man, I stopped watching it in 2004, thankfully.
They also predicted that Disney would own pretty much every big studio
Trump teased running for President for years.
Honestly, who didn't see that coming? Hell, they even got the US Gov to keep pushing back copyright laws, so they Steamboat Willie doesn't fall under public domain.
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cause it would be too much hassle to give him an actual indian-american VA and moderately modernize his character just a tiny bit.
imagine the guy coming to america to flee his premandated life to pursue the american dream actually manage to be one of the few to make it somewhere.
how about Mayor Apu for example.
imagine the guy coming to america to flee his premandated life to pursue the american dream actually manage to be one of the few to make it somewhere.
how about Mayor Apu for example.
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What difference does having an actor be from the [insert whatever concern you have this minute] make and what benefit would "modernising" as you call it do for comedy?
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Ground Keeper Willy is Bloody Scottish. Every single person here in Scotland would be outraged at you calling him Irish. Here that is like calling a Pakistani person Indian or a Chinese person Japanese lol.
Oh have I seen that happening once and again.
I think it is a common occurrence here in Germany, well they do look similar /s.
Indians don't seem to care that much, but Pakistani get really annoyed when they ask them about their home country "India".
Oh wait, /OT
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So you want to have Apu take over as mayor from Dimond Joe. How does that not become a stereotype of foreigners coming to America and stealing someone's job?
It does seem to be a thing in the US
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Scotireland
As for the history of India and Pakistan I saw further discussed
For the groundwork of that one.
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