
Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities.... (Full plot summary below)
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities.
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| rogercatlin.comRoger CatlinThe film is an interesting door to a useful discussion about portrayals of people on TV... |
| Hollywood ReporterDan FienbergKondabolu and friends wonder what can be done about Apu now and there's nobody around to make it into a real conversation. Still, there's great virtue in getting that conversation started and, in under an hour, The Problem with Apu does that well. |
| The VergeShannon Liao[Hari] Kondabolu's debut film The Problem with Apu is a 49-minute weird hybrid of comedy, documentary, and animated boxing match. |
| GeekBob ChipmanKondabolu isn't exactly reinventing the wheel here, but he's clearly got a strong sense of how New Media works and where the conversation about his film will be most hotly debated. |
| AXS.comTom SantilliWhat we're ultimately left with is a very funny and timely film that points out how racism has so permeated our culture to the point that many can't even see it. |
| User ReviewChristian RExcellent points regarding a bigger problem, The stereotyping continues in other shows, Deadpool is the recent example. |
| User ReviewSanu NExcellent points regarding a bigger problem, The stereotyping continues in other shows, Deadpool is the recent example. |
| User ReviewMorgan ASmart and hilarious doc! 28 year overdue. |
| User Reviewash sAwesome documentary. It's going to piss off a lot of overly sensitive "anti PC" people, but who cares. Hari is fair and does a good job of expressing his issues with Apu without completely villainizing the Simpsons. It's still my favorite show, but this definitely made me more aware of how Apu is problematic. |
| User ReviewJared BExcellent points regarding a bigger problem, The stereotyping continues in other shows, Deadpool is the recent example. |