Simpsons to axe the character of apu after facing backlash for racial stereotyping - scoopwhoop

_Thank you, (don’t) come again. _ APU NAHASAPEEMAPETILON, THE POPULAR CHARACTER FROM _THE SIMPSONS, _IS GOING TO BE AXED ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF SERIOUS BACKLASH THE SHOW RECEIVED FOR RACIAL

STEREOTYPING OF INDIAN-AMERICANS.  FOR THE UNINITIATED, APU IS AN INDIAN IMMIGRANT PROPRIETOR WHO RUNS A MART IN SPRINGFIELD, THE PLACE WHERE _THE SIMPSONS_ IS SET.  ACCORDING TO A NY POST

REPORT, PRODUCER ADI SHANKAR- WHO TRIED HIS LEVEL BEST TO SAVE APU- SAID:  > (Fox will) drop the Apu character altogether. They aren’t going > to make a big deal out of it, or anything

 like that, but they’ll > drop him altogether just to avoid controversy. ADI DOESN’T WORK FOR THE SHOW, BUT, IN A BID TO MAKE _APU_ A LITTLE LESS PROBLEMATIC, CROWD SOURCED A SCRIPT THAT

GIVES HIM A MORE ‘REALISTIC’ REPRESENTATION. Clearly, things didn’t work out because the makers of the show have decided to let go of him, totally. THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING APU, WHICH HAS

BEEN BREWING FOR A LONG TIME NOW, INCREASED AFTER THE RELEASE OF A DOCUMENTARY CALLED _THE PROBLEM WITH APU, _WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE WAYS IN WHICH APU IS STEREOTYPED IN THE SHOW.  Well,

apparently, there was no way to undo what has been done and _The Simpsons_ took the big move. GOODBYE, APU. SPRINGFIELD WILL MISS YOU.