Hank Azaria opens up from the role of the Simpsons Weg

Hank Azaria performed the voice of Apu, the Indian Kwik-e-Mart manager, The SimpsonsSince the show started. But then it began to be a broader discussion about whether it was appropriate for white actors to say characters of color.

This accumulated in a documentary from 2017, The problem with APUFrom the Indian comedian Hari Kondabolu. Kondabolu believed that the representation of the APU was Racist against South Asian and a lightning rod for bullying. Although The Simpsons pushed back against the allegations and went so far as to publish an episode in which the characters comment on how past work can be considered “politically incorrect”, can be considered “politically incorrect” when they can be “politically incorrect”, and can be regarded as “politically incorrect” if the characters can be “politically incorrect” Azaria announced in 2020 that he would no longer play Apu.

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Now he has spoken about this decision about an episode of Pablo Torre finds out. It was a long and interesting journey for Azaria and one in which he examined how things can later be considered harmless.

“‘I always make my voice or not’, required a deep dive,” said the language actor to Torre. “It was not like ‘now, let me take a week and look at me.’ There were probably two or three years because We all frank The Simpsons. We had no idea what to do. The character stopped saying something, and he became a deeper immersion in “Well, is that racist? Does Hollywood have a tradition to do this? Am I part of it in one way or another? ‘”

Azaria finally came to the conclusion that he was part of it. He had supported the APU voice on a Peter Seller’s performance of the legendary comedian in Brownface, which would obviously be considered very insulting today. Azaria thought it would be no other than a French or Italian accent, and it would not be different from a French or Italian He held on it until he had detected the opposite.

“To be honest, I thought, ‘Let me examine it and then I’ll go back to make the voiceAnd say: “I understand, but I’ll do it further,” said Azaria.No, I think I’m taking part in a damage here. ‘”

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Azaria learned that people were violated by Apu

Azaria said in the podcast that he was finally hit by people who used the APU name and accent to injure others. He explained: “The main thing was when Hass crimes were often committed to South Asian people who often against They were only called “Apu”, ” This was a slur when boys stabbed, shot or robbed, especially when boys were more in the stereotypes and taxi drivers. They were physically hated and called “Apu”. “

Then he brought up Kondabolu. “Hari, no matter how American he is or sounds, appears Indian and will get APU crap when someone decides to give it to him,” he said. “This Apu crap is not that it is a cartoonLike “Oh, it’s a silly voice.” There are all these other stereotypes and things that contain teeth that affect people with color in this country. While Apu may not be the most important thing in the world, is It’s a window in rather important things. “

APU has not spoken The Simpsons because Azaria stepped down from the role. It remains to be seen whether the character will be redesigned with a South Asian language actor in the future.

Source: Pablo Torre finds out