Now we have the catchy healine, we can delve a little deeper. Are the tropes from the show - Apu; Krusty; Willie; Ned offensive (to some) to the groups they portray?
Is voicing Apu, for instance, any different to a white guy “blacking up”?
This is a really good, thoughtful article
Yes, good question.
Would it be any different if Apu’s voice was done by an Indian guy?
I think that the main issue is that the secondary characters are very one dimensional. This is hardly surprising - it’s a short cartoon, not the kind of format for extensive character development. So the minor characters are basically stereotypes.
I think that it would be better to have more minor characters, so you could have a greater range of them. It wouldn’t matter of the Simpsons was just one series, but given how long it has run, they could have expanded things more.
It’s getting a bit silly now:
A true Scot, oor Willie. Supporter of the Auld Alliance. I’d guess he has a plan in mind for Trump’s golf courses.
That’s prompted me to think that they’ve missed the chance of a raft of child characters.
Bart, Lisa and Maggie could easily develop an inappropriate/odd friendship for a single episode.
I think they should have aged the characters to mirror real life personally, that would have been great.
Nope. The yellow is nothing to be precious about.
Don’t eat the yellow snowflake.
This is good advice.
But so far off topic it’s unbelievable
I think overly worthy “PC” stuff like this does the cause more harm than good.
That’s what I think.
No, really??? 