The Problem with Apu is a 2017 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu and produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff...
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in the episode "The Telltale Head". He was named in honor of the title character of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray. A 2017 documentary, The Problem with...
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fling at the end of the previous season. These themes are also seen in the episode's references to the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu, the cancellation...
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No Good Read Goes Unpunished (category The Simpsons season 29 episodes)
The Problem with Apu written by and starring Hari Kondabolu, which addressed the issues surrounding racial stereotypes seen in Simpsons character Apu...
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Hari Kondabolu (category Articles with short description)
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and the creator of the 2017 documentary film The Problem with Apu. Kondabolu was born October 21, 1982, in the Flushing neighborhood...
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Look up APU or apu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. APU or Apu may refer to: The Apu Trilogy, a series of three Indian films, directed by Satyajit...
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in his 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu that as a child he was a fan of The Simpsons and liked Apu, but he now finds the character's stereotypical...
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Utkarsh Ambudkar (redirect from UTK the INC)
Dennis (January 18, 2016). "A visitor takes a long look at Apu on a funny, thoughtful Simpsons". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 20, 2025. McLean, Thomas J. (June...
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Cancel culture (category Articles with short description)
season (2018). In the season's third episode, "The Problem with a Poo", there are references to the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu, the cancellation...
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Aziz Ansari (category Articles with short description)
information. Ito, Robert (November 10, 2017). "You Love 'The Simpsons'? Then Let's Talk About Apu". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2018. Manno, Jackie...
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Adi Shankar (category Indian emigrants to the United States)
(October 26, 2018). "'The Simpsons' Is Eliminating Apu, But Producer Adi Shankar Found the Perfect Script to Solve the Apu Problem". IndieWire. Retrieved...
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Sakina Jaffrey (category Articles with short description)
She appeared with her father in the film Masala (1991) and with her mother in The Perfect Murder (1988). In 2002, she appeared in The Truth About Charlie...
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Noureen DeWulf (category Articles with short description)
2015, DeWulf joined the cast of reality show Hockey Wives, chronicling her life with husband Ryan Miller, a goaltender in the NHL. The series follows wives...
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Brownface (category Articles with short description)
The Simpsons came under criticism in 2018 after Hari Kondabolu released The Problem with Apu, a documentary that examined the show's character Apu, voiced...
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Hank Azaria (category The Interviews name ID same as Wikidata)
Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, among others. Azaria joined the show with little voice acting experience, but...
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Auxiliary power unit (category Articles with short description)
An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They are commonly found on large aircraft...
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Russell Peters (category Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States)
subsequently performing in other parts of the world. The tour is anticipated to end in June 2025 with the last show in Las Vegas. Peters released his...
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Dana Gould (category Articles with short description)
admits to his alcohol problem after having a desperate one-night stand with aging C-list actress Evie Harris, the other driver in the car accident. He was...
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Whoopi Goldberg on screen and stage (category Articles with short description)
(1990), becoming the second African-American woman after Hattie MacDaniel for Gone with the Wind to win the award. She was nominated for the Golden Globe...
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Aasif Mandvi (category English emigrants to the United States)
the independent Woodhouse Grove School, and he identifies as a "working-class kid from Bradford". In the early 80s, his father grew frustrated with Margaret...
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South Asian Americans (redirect from South Asians in the United States)
performer in the US, famously known for his documentary "The Problem with Apu" which examined the implications of the cartoon character Apu on The Simpsons...
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2023. Holmes, Linda (April 9, 2018). "'The Simpsons' To 'The Problem With Apu': Drop Dead". NPR. Archived from the original on August 14, 2024. Retrieved...
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scrutiny since the release of Hari Kondabolu's 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu. Apu's portrayal came under scrutiny again when the Simpsons staff...
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Samrat Chakrabarti (category English emigrants to the United States)
The Wedding Weekend and then in Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab Presents. He also had a role in the Australian film, The Waiting City. His film, The...
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The 155 GH 52 APU (which stands for 155 mm gun-howitzer, 52 calibers, auxiliary power unit), Finnish designation 155 K 98 (155 mm kenttäkanuuna 1998 or...
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Pather Panchali (redirect from Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road))
first instalment of The Apu Trilogy, the film depicts the childhood hardships of the protagonist Apu and his elder sister Durga amid the harsh realities of...
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Shakib Khan (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
later collaborate with Mohammad Hossain Jammy in romance Bhalobashar Laal Golap with Apu Biswas and Purnima. In the last month of the year his four films...
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Subir Banerjee (category Articles with short description)
played Apu in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film Pather Panchali (lit. 'Song of the Little Road', 1955), the first installment of The Apu Trilogy. During the pre-production...
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Springfield Confidential (category Non-fiction books about The Simpsons)
Ryan criticized Reiss's take on the contemporary Apu Nahasapeemapetilon controversy – the author calls The Problem with Apu "a nasty little documentary"...
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Daffyd, 'the only gay in the village', and Lou and Andy, the latter of whom was in a wheelchair." S06E09 was the first episode to be pulled, with the others...
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