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- _niko18
Apu actor considering retiring the role over controversy.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/…
fucking snowflake culture at its finest lol
let's take a look at all the other ethnic and cultural stereotypes that people aren't crying about:
Mexicans:
Scotts:
Italians:
Japanese:
Greeks:
Slavs:
Jews:
Irish:
the British:
White Trash:
White evangelicals:
We can go on forever, it's satire ffs.
- Exactly my comments to a co-worker when we just heard him interviewed. Broad comedy relies on stereotypes man.Hayzilla
- also what Hari Kondabolu fails to realize is that Apu is one of the more fleshed out characters, they've given him so much depth and layers over the years_niko
- he might have started out as a typical indian convenience store trope, but he's much much more than that... not even sure he has the quickie mart any more._niko
- Offended fannies need to fuck the fucking fuck off. Cunts. Fuck them. Indian, black, white, asian. Fuck them all.
:)set - With your post here in mind, with all the other stereotypes, singling Apu out because he has brown skin is fucking racist, if anything is.set
- my favorite Apu quote... Rev LJ: "be they Christian, Jew, or... miscellaneous.
Apu: Hindu! There are seven hundred million of us!"fooler - lol at the greek one. My uncle had a snack bar / greasie-spoon that looked just like that :)Gnash
- https://media0.giphy…_niko
- Thank god Blackadder finished before this PC language came out.mugwart
- Isaac Hayes did same thing to South Park over the ridiculing of Church of Scientology.. what a douche!bliznutty
- ^ although, I imagine that Hank Azaria was just bullied out of it by the twitter nazis. They can be relentlessGnash
- < speaking of snowflakes, get a life simpsons sucks for so many reasons, this is one of themjaylarson
- don't forget the stereotype of a "meathead" when regarding calling a person a "snowflake"docpoz
- politically correct entertainment? can such a thing exist?imbecile
- or heaven forbid the stereotype of white liberal guilt and being afraid to offend anyone._niko
- to gnash's point, it's not funny because they're saying every greek is like that, it's funny because I know a few Greeks exactly like that...like my family lol_niko
- greeks lol.fadein11
- White MJ popcorn.gifpango
- infuriating.inteliboy
- PUT IT IN Hautoflavour
- The society that is being built is to achieve one goal...totalitariani... Ruthless totalitarianism. China is the model for the left.Hayoth
- lol @ hayoth, who tells you all this ignorant, paranoid shit?monospaced
- No it's not. Those Kumbaya leftist fuckers won't stand for China's record of human right. Are you talking out of your ass again?pango
- K I take back the last sentence. I was channeling a bit of John Goodman and it came out way too fast.pango
- How is this “snowflake culture” when you yourself say that Apu is the only one thinkinking of retiring out of a countless number of examples?!scruffics
- Frankly, if you can't understand that already there is literally no point in anyone wasting their breath trying to explain...set
- Ok thenscruffics
- Maybe you can explain why you don't think it's snowflake culture? Why do you think Apu is the only one thinking of retiring?set
- "I’m perfectly willing to step aside" doesn't exactly suggest it's his own idea, does it...set
- And Hank does the voice for several other characters: Mo is one of them,.CyBrainX
- I don't mind these things when it's comedy and done well. Many of the characters have been addressed as being stereotypes over the years.CyBrainX
- As a second generation Greek American I can safely say My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the most anti-Greek racist shit I've ever seen. And it's not very good comedyCyBrainX
- Why was it anti-Greek and racist? It was written by and starred a Greek actress who based it on her life. It might have been dumb and cringey but harmless_niko
- ^ Her parents house in that movie is a just a few blocks from meGnash
- Ha me too, I’m just on the other side of the bridge though_niko
- i_monk3
They should do an entire season that's hypersensitive and can't possibly offend anyone while including and accurately™ representing every demographic. I'm sure it would be hilarious.
- CyBrainX0
It was one of the funniest shows of all time until the turn of the millennium. Since then, I don't know what happened. Probably different writers.