APU
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Forgive my ignorance but who or what is APU?1
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cause of death PC4
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A character from The Simpsons.LenGlover said:Forgive my ignorance but who or what is APU?
The world has officially gone mad.0 -
A character in The Simpsons.LenGlover said:Forgive my ignorance but who or what is APU?
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a simpsons character who is a asian shopkeeper with an asian accent that its claimed is streotypical and offensive.LenGlover said:Forgive my ignorance but who or what is APU?
the guy that does the voice also does other simpsons characters and he is happy to stop doing apu0 -
It's a good thing some people have never heard of South Park, or shit would really hit the fan.13
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Killed by a computer?palarsehater said:cause of death PC
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Change.palarsehater said:cause of death PC
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Sad news indeed. RIP. Condolences to his wife Manjula and to their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.11
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pc means;Wheresmeticket? said:
Change.palarsehater said:cause of death PC
the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
is exactly the reason why the character has been axed.
don't really see the issue with what i posted.1 -
Who will run the Kwik-e-mart?Chizz said:Sad news indeed. RIP. Condolences to his wife Manjula and to their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.
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Thank you and come again.palarsehater said:
pc means;Wheresmeticket? said:
Change.palarsehater said:cause of death PC
the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
is exactly the reason why the character has been axed.
don't really see the issue with what i posted.7 -
Probably his widow Manjula or their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
Who will run the Kwik-e-mart?Chizz said:Sad news indeed. RIP. Condolences to his wife Manjula and to their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.
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aren't all Simpsons characters stereotypical ?12
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A minutes silence or applause on Saturday?1
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dont think its the end of apu, hes just said hes open to let some one else voice the character (he voices a bunch of others anyway).
Its in response to the a south asian made a documentary about how apu is a racist stereotype. Even though literally every character in the simpsons is a stereotype.
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Great character, will be missed but many people watch the latest episodes?0
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They're all be gone too.Chizz said:
Probably his widow Manjula or their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
Who will run the Kwik-e-mart?Chizz said:Sad news indeed. RIP. Condolences to his wife Manjula and to their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.
The Kop Remembers.
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Wrong guy surely! There's more than one Asian comedian....kentaddick said:dont think its the end of apu, hes just said hes open to let some one else voice the character (he voices a bunch of others anyway).
Its in response to the south asian guy in big bang theory, not content with being on the worst show on television currently, made a documentary about how apu is a racist stereotype. Even though literally every character in the simpsons is a stereotype.0 - Sponsored links:
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why the f*k did i think it was that guy, completely got my wires crossed. Corrected hahahoof_it_up_to_benty said:
Wrong guy surely! There's more than one Asian comedian....kentaddick said:dont think its the end of apu, hes just said hes open to let some one else voice the character (he voices a bunch of others anyway).
Its in response to the south asian guy in big bang theory, not content with being on the worst show on television currently, made a documentary about how apu is a racist stereotype. Even though literally every character in the simpsons is a stereotype.0 -
Pathetic.0
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The snowflake generation - ridiculous!4
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His brother Sanjay will pop back to help out again.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
Who will run the Kwik-e-mart?Chizz said:Sad news indeed. RIP. Condolences to his wife Manjula and to their children Anoop, Nabendu, Sandeep, Gheet, Uma, Poonam, Priya and Sashi.
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Nothing decent since season 11. Sad how far it's fallenFriend Or Defoe said:Great character, will be missed but many people watch the latest episodes?
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Dont think the new episodes are all that any more. Seems like they have ran out of ideas.Friend Or Defoe said:Great character, will be missed but many people watch the latest episodes?
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Things change over time whether we like it or not - that's been going on since the beginning of time. Each generation has a different set of views.Brendan_O_Connell said:The snowflake generation - ridiculous!
That's life!
Racism and homophobia were common in comedy in the past and I'm sure will return at some point in the future.2 -
The Black and White Minstrel Show only stopped airing in 1978. It used blackface until, what, the early or mid seventies? (Being 24 means I'm not sure and am going off a 30-second skim of Wikipedia)
Any show that used blackface today would quite rightly be lambasted. Similarly, Apu - who is based on a relatively lazy and stereotypical portrayal of South Asian immigrants into the USA - will likely go or be reimagined less offensively.
I'd like to pre-empt the Groundskeeper Willie/other stereotype argument, though. Obviously not all Scottish people are like him, and it's a blatant stereotype. But it's about marginalisation. Such stereotyping only reinforces negativity, as there is no previous mainstream depiction of South Asian culture.
I remember the Asian kids at my school having "Thank you, come again!" quoted at them pretty often, and it wasn't funny then. So... Yeah, might be time to revisit Apu.9 -
That's my point. He'll still be on the better episodes. People are getting upset about something they don't watch!Nicholas said:
Dont think the new episodes are all that any more. Seems like they have ran out of ideas.Friend Or Defoe said:Great character, will be missed but many people watch the latest episodes?
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