I wonder exactly what would’ve been changed with the input of the average Indian person. What is man that ye shall know him? Would it be Apu or a name with another rose?
I also have a problem with the whole ‘punching down/up’ nomenclature. As long as the intention is to punch at all, then I think you’re coming from the wrong angle, especially as - depending on the trajectory - it seems to try and justify different things. A lot of ‘punching down’ seems in good spirit, whereas ‘punching up’ is specifically designed to agitate.
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Apu has more character progression than Homer Simpson does
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So, had he been voiced by and written via the consultation of an indian person, the stereotypes would cease to be unacceptable?
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I wonder exactly what would’ve been changed with the input of the average Indian person. What is man that ye shall know him? Would it be Apu or a name with another rose?
I also have a problem with the whole ‘punching down/up’ nomenclature. As long as the intention is to punch at all, then I think you’re coming from the wrong angle, especially as - depending on the trajectory - it seems to try and justify different things. A lot of ‘punching down’ seems in good spirit, whereas ‘punching up’ is specifically designed to agitate.
Kind of?
Like making self deprecating jokes is different to another person making fun of you, but with nationalities.
Depending on which nationality. Americans lay into the French like they’ve forgotten how much they owe them… nobody bats an eyelid.
That guy from Short Circuit, Benjamin. It wasn’t until I was an adult I found out the actor wasn’t Indian.
Jar-Jar Binks paved the way for Jar-Jar Abrams, so not all of it was good
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