The Problem with Apu

IMDb link: 7588752
IMDb rating: 3.8 (3,172 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Aziz Ansari, W. Kamau Bell, Michael Melamedoff
Cast: Kal Penn, Hari Kondabolu and others

Release date: 18 Nov 2017
Release year: 2017
Runtime: 49 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: stereotype, cartoon character, indian accent, accent, voice actor, prejudice, south asian american, racial stereotype, blackface, archive footage

Plot:

Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities.

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