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Hank Azaria 'willing to step aside' as voice of Apu on The Simpsons
The man who voices The Simpsons' character Apu says he is willing to give up the iconic role amid controversy over racial stereotyping.
- Key points:
- Hank Azaria voices up to 30 regular characters on the show, including Chief Wiggum
- He wants to see more Indian or South Asian writers join The Simpsons
- Azaria also distanced himself from the show's controversial response to complaints
- Addressing the growing criticism, Hank Azaria told Late Show host Stephen Colbert his "eyes have been opened" and he was "perfectly willing and happy to step aside or help transition it into something new".
Controversy surrounding the Indian Kwik-E-Mart owner with a thick accent came to prominence in comedian Hari Kondabolu's 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu.
"Everything with Apu is like this running joke," Kondabolu said last year. "And the running joke is that he is Indian."
The show briefly acknowledged complaints in an April episode of The Simpsons, which was met with mixed reviews.
"The idea that anybody, young or old, past or present, was bullied or teased based on the character of Apu ? it just really makes me sad," Azaria said on the Late Show.
"It was certainly not my intention ? the idea that it's brought pain and suffering in any way, that it was used to marginalise people, it's upsetting, genuinely."
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