The Problem With Apu (2017)

Original title

The Problem with Apu

Directed by

Michael Melamedoff

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

49 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Comedian Hari Kondabolu examines the character Apu from The Simpsons. He looks at how this single Indian cartoon influenced stereotypes about South Asian people in America.

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What happens

The Problem with Apu is a 2017 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu and produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff. It focuses on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian immigrant in the animated sitcom The Simpsons who, for a period, was the only figure of Indian heritage to appear regularly on mainstream American television. The film explores encounters with negative stereotypes, minstrelsy, racial microaggressions, and slurs against people of Indian and South Asian heritage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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