Priyanka Chopra has opened up about Apu from The Simpsons being “the bane of my life”, owing to the fuelling of racial stereotypes.
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The Indian actress stated in a brand new interview that Kwik-E-Mart proprietor Apu’s “exaggerated” Indian accent would lead folks to query why hers wasn’t as pronounced.
Chopra Jonas, who’s married to Jonas Brothers‘ Nick Jonas, made a cameo within the long-running cartoon in an episode that confirmed the pair getting married.
She stated that the function was ironic, given how the cartoon impacted her teenaged years rising up within the US.
“To be on The Simpsons in my wedding ceremony costume was actually enjoyable and ironic contemplating Apu was the bane of my life once I was rising up,” she advised British Vogue as she regarded again at a few of her key Instagram pictures.
“Everyone stored asking why don’t I communicate like Apu [Nahasapeemapetilon], why my accent wasn’t like Apu?”
She added, “Apu had a very exaggerated Indian accent as everyone knows now,” earlier than noting that the cameo was “bittersweet and humorous as a result of clearly The Simpsons are an iconic a part of most of our childhoods”.
Chopra Jonas additionally famous the “irony of me in an Indian costume marrying a white man”.
The character of Apu was beforehand voiced by American actor Hank Azaria.
4 years beforehand, widespread requires Azaria to cease voicing Apu started, following Hari Kondabolu’s criticism of the portrayal of the character in his documentary The Downside With Apu.
Elsewhere in Armchair Professional, Azaria referred to as for higher and extra numerous racial and ethnic illustration in leisure.
“If it’s an Indian character or a Latinx character or a Black character, please let’s have that particular person voice the character,” he stated.
“It’s extra genuine, they’ll convey their expertise to it, and let’s not take jobs away from individuals who don’t have sufficient.”
In January 2020, Azaria confirmed that he would not voice the character, saying: “All we all know there’s I received’t be doing the voice anymore, except there’s someway to transition it or one thing.”
