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We need to have a discussion about Apu. (Three years late is better than never).
Note: I accidentally said Southeast Asian instead of South Asian in the episode. Apologies for the slip-up!
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The Apu Trilogy on Criterion: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1145-the-apu-trilogy
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibhutibhushan_Bandyopadhyay
Apu’s Retirement: https://www.polygon.com/tv/2020/1/17/21070431/simpsons-apu-hank-azaria-retiring-voice-fox
The Problem with Apu: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_problem_with_apu
Amanda Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuyDZevKrU
Jimmy Wong’s Response to Amanda Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj3sVA
Chun, Elaine W. “The Meaning of Ching-Chong.” Raciolinguistics, Mar. 2016, pp. 81–96., doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190625696.003.0005.
Davé, Shilpa. “Apu’s Brown Voice: Cultural Inflection and South Asian Accents.” East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture. New York: New York UP, 2005. Print.
Goffman, Erving. Frame Analysis : An Essay on the Organization of Experience. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1974. Print.
Magat, Margaret. “From Rebounds to Three-pointers: Linsanity, Racial Insults, and Stereotypes in Flux.” Journal of American Folklore 128.510 (2015): 438-448. Web.
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