LONG DUK DONG

anyway stop posting about it in THIS THREAD i keep forgetting

Can only speak up to season 10/11. The notion The Simpsons was right-wing doesn't land for me. Not was it especially left-wing. It just represented whatever the conversation might have been going on at the time. Homer is a moving target. Lisa is probably getting to left-wing, but is developing. Marge could be a version of a grown-up Lisa (she voted for Carter twice etc.)

pretending Apu was ever acceptable is bullshit isn't it? I mean here they are getting called out on it 11 years ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/jul/16/theaputragedy

― thomasintrouble, Monday, 9 April 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd like to see the doc on Apu. Its a shame he was used to mock US/North American Asians as I do think he was overall a pretty positive depiction given the constraints of not being a main character, and then being a character on a cartoon show at that (Apu having a PhD is as much a part of the caricature as the accent. Its just what Indians do, you know.) Overall I was laughing with Apu back then.

Let’s not invent some “always punching up” narrative about the show that gave us Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel

Al Jean has been running the show for 18 years. I imagine lost touch with reality some time ago

It's definitely pro-gun in that seemingly every other adult (I think including Krusty and Bee Guy??) in Springfield is a responsible gun owner.

https://media.giphy.com/media/32V6UqfX4ffHO/giphy.gif

It's definitely pro-gun in that seemingly every other adult (I think including Krusty and Bee Guy??) in Springfield is a responsible gun owner.

pro-gun is the default stance in America, not something one party does and another does not.

look at all the gun legislation during Obama's 8 years in office. we had a Democratic congresswoman shot in the head and she still supported gun rights.

that's a pretty shitty way to frame her considering she has been adamant about pushing for gun control legislation for 7 years

i love this thread's detour into high school architecture

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/entertainment/hank-azaria-apu/index.html

Don't know if this has been posted before.

https://la.eater.com/2018/4/30/17303328/yellow-fever-restaurant-backlash-over-name

Omg that name

Wtf

Even overlooking the racial aspect naming your restaurant after an illness is pretty dumb

"Dengue Dave's"

Matt Groening Says Debate Around Apu Is 'Tained'

er, 'Tainted'

Groening is being so fucking dumb about this, like anyone would care if they stopped putting Apu in a show that everyone agrees has sucked nuts for like 15 years

I don’t think anyone at the Simpsons saw my film #TheProblemWithApu so they make the same points over & over. Points I have already acknowledged & responded to in a 49 minute documentary that is readily available on iTunes. https://t.co/QDvNYTTZgo

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) July 18, 2018

For my interview, Netflix stipulated that I not ask Groening about Apu controversy. I asked Netflix, "Is Matt declining to comment on Apu?" They declined to answer that, so I went ahead and asked Matt about Apu. Netflix halted the interview immediately and disconnected the call. https://t.co/RCf3lpwjvI

— Brad Wheeler (@BWheelerglobe) July 18, 2018