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positivelypolarized's avatar

I'm 22 so for me it was more Baljeet from Phineas and Ferb that kids used to mock me, but I did see some of the Simpsons and I found Apu to be a really interesting character. Flattening him as a stereotype does him a disservice he's a hardworking first generation immigrant who has a hot wife, yes he has an accent and works at a convenience stores but many first gen Indian-Americans have accents and a lot of them worked at convenience stores and fast food joints.

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Kathleen's avatar

I’ve always hated the Simpsons, but from the little I’ve seen of it, Apu seemed like the only remotely likable character, FWIW.

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positivelypolarized's avatar

In the vast majority of simpsons episodes Apu is the most normal person in the room other than lisa.

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Katrina Gulliver's avatar

Lisa is not normal. Flanders is the normal one, if anyone is.

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positivelypolarized's avatar

Isn't Flanders like unreasonably polite though?

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Katrina Gulliver's avatar

He's tolerant. But occasionally loses it with Homer's bullshit.

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