Discovering Apu – Episode 107



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!

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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