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Tom Murray

EXPLAINED: I helped create a dehumanising stereotype hank azaria finally sits down with the problem with apu creator | Rare Historical Photos

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Hank Azaria has sat down with Hari Kondabolu, the creator of the 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu, for the first time in a public forum.

Azaria has previously apologised for voicing the Indian convenience store clerk Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons for almost 20 years. He stepped aside from the role after Kondabolu’s documentary explored the real-life repercussions of the character’s existence.

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