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Posted Tuesday 2/23/21 at 9:06PM EST
Matt Groening on The Simpsons having minority actors voice minority characters: "I think it's great"
"I think it's great, times change, but I actually didn't have a problem with the way we were doing it,"...
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Posted Monday 2/22/21 at 2:34PM EST
Harry Shearer won't voice Black The Simpsons character Dr. Hibbert anymore: Black voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson to take over the role
“Last night’s episode ‘DiaryQueen’ featured Harry Shearer as the voice of Dr.
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David Lander, Squiggy of Laverne & Shirley's Lenny & Squiggy, dies at 73
Lander died Friday in Los Angeles after secretly battling multiple sclerosis for 15 years.
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Posted Tuesday 8/04/20 at 10:49AM EDT
Harry Shearer appears to criticize The Simpsons' decision to stop white actors from voicing people of color
Shearer, whose many voices on the Fox comedy include Black doctor Dr.
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Posted Saturday 6/27/20 at 3:58AM EDT
The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu reacts to The Simpsons no longer using white actors to voice non-white roles
Kondabolu's 2017 TruTV documentary helped raise awareness of how the Apu character's stereotypes hurt Indian-Americans, especially when it was their...
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Posted Friday 6/26/20 at 6:24PM EDT
Fox: The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters
“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said in a statement Friday,...
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Posted Saturday 4/14/18 at 12:07AM EDT
A journalist of South Asian descent says "most of us happily embraced Apu" in the 1990s, but The Simpsons can fix its most controversial character
"For those of us with low expectations, starving for any representation, Apu was a breath of fresh air," says Wajahat...