The Problem With Apu - Designated Shitposting Thread

[LetterlandMafia]

Can't wait to hear his hot take on how you're a shitty person for making fun of Ajit Pai because him wanting to repeal Net Neutrality is a veiled excuse to be racist.

The same thing's happened with jokes about North Korea being called racist because it being an asian country supersedes the fact that it's a human rights hellhole. I saw a lot of 'good it was racist trash' responses to the fiasco with The Interview

He's actually made jokes about other Indian-Americans, but he usually goes down the line of 'race traitors' and that they're goons for the White Establishment(TM). He made some tweets about Ajit Pai 'being the type of guy who likes Apu' and Bobby Jindal trying to wash off the brown on his skin in the shower. He is a pretty nasty scumbag.

 

[Jerry_ smith56]

I wish I checked this thread earlier. I still watch the Simpsons occasionally and I saw a fairly recent episode that dealt with this issue...sort of. The wiki page for it is here. https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Much_Apu_About_Something
Its not the best episode Simpsons put out but this Apu drama has peaked my interest.

 

[Hummingbird]

He's actually made jokes about other Indian-Americans, but he usually goes down the line of 'race traitors' and that they're goons for the White Establishment(TM). He made some tweets about Ajit Pai 'being the type of guy who likes Apu' and Bobby Jindal trying to wash off the brown on his skin in the shower. He is a pretty nasty scumbag.

So two men who refuse to hate and one who is a first for his race in the white house are the bad guys?

 

[Xerxes IX]

So two men who refuse to hate and one who is a first for his race in the white house are the bad guys?

This is what happens when the American left sees minorities as nothing but guaranteed Democrats.

 

[Trilby]

I wish I checked this thread earlier. I still watch the Simpsons occasionally and I saw a fairly recent episode that dealt with this issue...sort of. The wiki page for it is here. https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Much_Apu_About_Something
Its not the best episode Simpsons put out but this Apu drama has peaked my interest.

Didn't realize they brought back the kid from way back in season four for the episode!

 

[Hummingbird]

This is what happens when the American left sees minorities as nothing but guaranteed Democrats.

They seem to only support them if they're athletes, activists or entertainers.

 

[friedshrimp]

Didn't realize they brought back the kid from way back in season four for the episode!

So how come he's aged yet Bart and Lisa are still the same.

 

[Computery Guy]

Wow, what an unpleasant person. He doesn't even do well at being a censorship SJW.

You don't snap at them and act like an ingrateful twat until AFTER they've irreversably changed their product! There's no blood in the water yet!!!

 

[Gordon Cole]

REEEEEEE! WHITEY! REEEEEEEEE!

 

[Hummingbird]

REEEEEEE! WHITEY! REEEEEEEEE!
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Hey, genius, those immagrants were illegal.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

REEEEEEE! WHITEY! REEEEEEEEE!
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Simpsons isn't getting rid of Apu, you joyless curry jockey.

 

[DumbDosh]

The Simpsons finally responded to everyone complaining about Apu, and the original documentary director is not happy about it.

https://twitter.com/soham_burger/status/983200703660351488?s=20

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Yeah, clearly important to a lot of people.

 

[DumbDosh]

Yeah, clearly important to a lot of people.

What's great is the director sperging because his favorite cartoon characters don't agree with him. It is great though that the message the simpsons responded with was "this thing you find offensive is super old and kind of irrelevant now, lol calm down"

 

[drtoboggan]

Apu is an educated, hard working family man with a lot of heart. This hack comedian is none of those things, going after low hanging fruit.

 

[AnAspieWithAVengeance]

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/w-kamau-bell-simpsons-apu-controversy-response-1201950411/

Someone else getting pissy too.

All this has really done is give The Simpsons press time when even watching that clip, it just looks like a zombie of a show: Lifeless, decaying in humour, and way past its expiry date.

 

[LetterlandMafia]

What's great is the director sperging because his favorite cartoon characters don't agree with him. It is great though that the message the simpsons responded with was "this thing you find offensive is super old and kind of irrelevant now, lol calm down"

REE WHITEY REEEE!! That’s his entire schtick.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/w-kamau-bell-simpsons-apu-controversy-response-1201950411/

Someone else getting pissy too.

All this has really done is give The Simpsons press time when even watching that clip, it just looks like a zombie of a show: Lifeless, decaying in humour, and way past its expiry date.

Bell is a friend of Hari’s so naturally he’d dive in to back up his friend.

Y’know for people who constantly bang on about how oppressed they are for being non-white you’d have thought they’d be more concerned about education or employment or safety, as opposed to a lack of diversity in a popular TV show.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

So how come he's aged yet Bart and Lisa are still the same.

I assume it's because he's a guest and they're leads? And as we have seen before, they'll only change characters if it fits their continuity.

It's why everyone else looks the same despite the show's confusing timeline.

 

[Hummingbird]

Given how Hank Azerea(sp) is stepping down as Apu and they'll probably get a race-appropriate VA, I worry that the SJW still won't be happy with that. There's also this line from a response in TMS...

I still think that the problem is with society, not the show. The Simpsons was supposed to be a satire cartoon show. Satire means politically incorrect. You laugh although you know you normally shouldn't. As it misrepresents anyone with the same level of awkwardness, normally, the Apu issue should not be a thing. If it is, there's something really wrong with what's going on in real life and I don't think it will become better by renouncing on the satirical representation as long as the latter is not downright offensive (watermelons, etc.). I can't stop thinking that the show started in a time where viewers could differ better between satire and slurs. Unfortunately, the time in which we live now has broken that border. Slurs come disguised as satire and vice-versa. It's sad because that would mean, in final consequence, the end of satire, as everyone will end up feeling hurt by it, and rightfully so when satire is used as a disguise for racism again and again. That, though, was never the tone of this show or of many others that live in the the careless spirit of the 90's.