Indian-Americans and TV
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Posted Saturday 3/12/22 at 4:05AM EST
Shake Chatterjee's Love Is Blind controversy reveals a self-hatred of his own culture
It was jarring to see Chatterjee talking about how he doesn’t find Deepti Vempati attractive on the reunion special after...
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Posted Thursday 6/10/21 at 1:10PM EDT
Mindy Kaling's Velma will reimagine the Scooby-Doo character as being of East Asian descent
Tom Ascheim, president of Warner Bros.
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Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT
Mythic Quest avoids Indian-American clichés with Danny Pudi's character
"The only major facts we know about (Pudi's character) Brad so far are his job title and that, like Pudi,...
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Posted Saturday 4/24/21 at 3:13AM EDT
Indian-American actress Mellini Kantayya accepts Hank Azaria's apology, but says The Simpsons' Apu has impacted her career
Kantayya, whose had roles on Nurse Jackie and One Life to Live, says she cried when she listened to the podcast...
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Posted Monday 4/12/21 at 2:45PM EDT
Hank Azaria says The Simpsons' Apu is "practically a slur at this point" and that he feels he needs to apologize "to every single Indian person"
The Simpsons star told Armchair Expert podcast hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that he learned about the impact of...
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Posted Tuesday 3/23/21 at 2:03PM EDT
Hindu-American group pushes back on Matt Groening's "ambitious" plan to revive The Simpson's Apu
Hindu American Foundation, the nation's largest advocacy and education organization for Hindu Americans, worries that Groening isn't taking their concerns...
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Matt Groening is "proud" of The Simpsons' Apu, has "ambitious" plans to revive him
In reflecting on The Simpsons' 700th episode, USA Today asked Groening if he would've changed the nature of Apu in...
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Posted Tuesday 1/05/21 at 4:08AM EST
Schitt's Creek's Rizwan Manji defends his character having an Indian accent
Manji recently reacted to criticism that his character Ray Butani's use of an Indian accent fed South Asian stereotypes, especially...
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Posted Thursday 8/06/20 at 3:44AM EDT
Indian Matchmaking's advantage over The Bachelor: "It’s about people, not about people starring in a reality TV show"
"On Indian Matchmaking, Mumbai-based Sima Taparia attempts to arrange marriages for a wide variety of young people living both in...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 3:27AM EDT
Why does Indian Matchmaking and Family Karma make being Indian feel so burdensome?
"Both series have felt unsatisfying to me," says Scaachi Koul, a Canadian of Indian descent, of the recent Netflix and...
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Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT
People who are offended by Indian Matchmaking prove its point
"Despite trending on every social platform and the streaming service all week, the series has been criticized for perpetuating harmful...
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Indian Matchmaking is a missed opportunity to confront biases in the South Asian community
The Netflix dating reality show, says Mili Mitra, "depicts people who unthinkingly normalize some of the most pernicious biases that...
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Posted Saturday 7/18/20 at 4:26AM EDT
Netflix's Indian Matchmaking makes a much-misunderstood practice relatable
The reality show whose title is exactly what it sounds like starring Mumbai-based marriage broker Sima Taparia "hits a winsome...
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Posted Thursday 7/09/20 at 3:21PM EDT
Watch Netflix's Indian Matchmaking trailer
The reality dating series follows matchmaker Sima Taparia as she matches clients in the U.
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Posted Thursday 7/02/20 at 2:50AM EDT
Mindy Kaling on The Office's "Diwali" episode: "Go us for doing that!"
The November 2006 episode that Kaling wrote was watched live by a 8.