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From the article:So the reason that Apu doesn't work is because there aren't that many good indian characters in movies/tv shows and people will assume Apu is representative of all indians?
Isn't Apu one of the few good characters in the Simpsons in the sense that he doesn't come across as someone you wouldn't want to meet in real life?And there is one logical problem with making Apu into a realistic character.It wouldn't work in the caricatured world of The Simpsons.
Although i have a feeling the main reason that actress is bothered by Apu is because she claims to have been the butt of jokes in high school because she wasn't like Apu.I think she took high school a bit too seriously and forgot that kids and teens will always look for ways to make fun of you.Or maybe she's just an attention whore who suddenly found an easy target.Because judging by her looks i somehow doubt teenage guys were that assholish to her unless teenage guys in the states treat good looking teenage girls badly by default.
One last thing 'Aliens only land in America?' i guess she never watched District 9.
Chopra puts on the Apu accent, and with an exasperated eye-roll, says “And all of us speak like that, all the time.”
“And what happened from that time and now, the number, the population of Indian-Americans in America has tripled since that time,” says Chopra, “So that voice is louder. Representation and the demand for representation for people of color is louder. There’s the Internet and the media, where people can have a conversation.”
The Quantico actress adds that she found the voice offensive long before the documentary, pointing out that when she was “in high school at 14, 15″ she was asked why she didn’t speak like Apu. “Or are my parents doctors?” She adds. “Did I find gold in my rivers? Did I go to school on elephants? I always had questions like that.”
From her wiki
Well, well...Priyanka Chopra was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), to Ashok and Madhu Chopra, both physicians in the Indian Army.
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During her teenage years in the United States, Chopra sometimes faced racial issues and was bullied for being Indian by an Afro-American classmate.[21][22] She has said, "I was a gawky kid, had low self-esteem, came from a modest middle-class background, had white marks on my legs ... But I was damn hard working. Today, my legs sell 12 brands.