
The Problem with Apu
2017·Documentary·49m
7.0
★



In the history of “The Simpsons,” few characters outside the title family have had as much cultural impact as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Springfield convenience store owner. Comedian Hari Kondabolu is out to show why that might be a problem.
Directed by Michael Melamedoff
pop culture
racism
racist stereotype

IMDB
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Cast

Hari Kondabolu
Self

Kal Penn
Self

Hasan Minhaj
Self

Aasif Mandvi
Self

Utkarsh Ambudkar
Self

Aziz Ansari
Self

Dana Gould
Self

W. Kamau Bell
Self

Noureen DeWulf
Self

Whoopi Goldberg
Self

Aparna Nancherla
Self

Sheetal Sheth
Self
Crew

Michael Melamedoff
Director

Hari Kondabolu
Writer

Hari Kondabolu
Executive Producer

Michael Melamedoff
Producer

Michael J. Cargill
Producer
Popular Reviews
16 reviews
Terence
1.0★ · 05/24/24

I hope this guy dies. Apu was a great character, but thanks to this hack, he doesn’t come around anymore. This sorry excuse for a documentary is the reason a lot of animated shows have stopped casting voice actors based on their talent and started doing so based on their skin color. Hank Azaria is a great actor. Not to sound like one of those annoying fucks online, but this “woke” shit is so annoying when it comes to things like this. The Simpsons is about a yellow family in Springfield; no one should care if a white actor voices Apu or any other non-yellow character. “Oh, but Apu is a negative stereotype.” Every single character in The Simpsons is a stereotype. Hari Kondabolu is a failed comedian, and I hope that in the future people realize that."The voice actor is not Indian." Meanwhile, in Japan, where women voice some male characters. No one cares what a voice actor looks like. We only care what they sound like.
I hope this guy dies. Apu was a great character, but thanks to this hack, he doesn’t come around anymore. This sorry excuse for a documentary is the reason a lot of animated shows have stopped casting voice actors based on their talent and started doing so based on their skin color. Hank Azaria is a great actor. Not to sound like one of those annoying fucks online, but this “woke” shit is so annoying when it comes to things like this. The Simpsons is about a yellow family in Springfield; no one should care if a white actor voices Apu or any other non-yellow character. “Oh, but Apu is a negative stereotype.” Every single character in The Simpsons is a stereotype. Hari Kondabolu is a failed comedian, and I hope that in the future people realize that."The voice actor is not Indian." Meanwhile, in Japan, where women voice some male characters. No one cares what a voice actor looks like. We only care what they sound like.
gabs
8.8★ · 06/25/21

I will not be listening to any yt person’s take on how desi people not liking Apu (or other stereotypical borderline racist characters) is an inconvenience to them and their shitty taste in humor. If brown people are telling you it’s a problem, then it’s a problem.
I will not be listening to any yt person’s take on how desi people not liking Apu (or other stereotypical borderline racist characters) is an inconvenience to them and their shitty taste in humor. If brown people are telling you it’s a problem, then it’s a problem.
glort
5.2★ · 02/23/21

this is a fine movie a fine documentary nothing special but you fucking racist weirdos on here need to shut up lol really was not expecting these reviews !!! anyway enjoyed when his parents told him he had apu hair lol
this is a fine movie a fine documentary nothing special but you fucking racist weirdos on here need to shut up lol really was not expecting these reviews !!! anyway enjoyed when his parents told him he had apu hair lol
JK

Watched consecutively with "The Apu that I Know."
I wish he included more of the conversation with Dana Gould.
I wish he included more of the conversation with Dana Gould.
Watched consecutively with "The Apu that I Know."
I wish he included more of the conversation with Dana Gould.
I wish he included more of the conversation with Dana Gould.
jota florez
2.0★ · 05/29/26
