The Problem With Apu (Documentary, 2017)

[Lucky Planet]

When Odyssey was coming out, some people got up in arms about Mario wearing a mariachi outfit. Nintendo essentially responded to this by not caring or acknowledging it. Everyone moved on. I'd expect the same to happen if/when this ever rolls around.

I think the difference here is that the fans in Mexico were up in arms about political correctness ruining the things they like.
there was a lot of latino fans in support of the Mariachi outfit. I think that helped. on twitter that Mario had support.

there was a similar controversy with Speedy Gonzales:

"Feeling that the character presented an offensive Mexican stereotype, Cartoon Network shelved Speedy's films when it gained exclusive rights to broadcast them in 1999. In an interview with Fox News in 2002, Laurie Goldberg commented, "It hasn't been on the air for years because of its ethnic stereotypes."

Despite such controversy over potentially offensive characterizations, Speedy Gonzales remained a popular character in Latin America. The Hispanic-American rights organization League of United Latin American Citizens called Speedy a cultural Icon, and thousands of users registered their support of the character on the hispaniconline.com message boards. Fan campaigns to put Speedy back on the air resulted in the return of the animated shorts to cartoon network in 2002."

Apu doesnt have that community back up. Apu has Simpsons fans backing him up and showing support for him, but it is different.

it is funny because people in South America are freaking out over the Apu controversy. the twitter of the guy that made the documentary The Problem With Apu has so many angry replies in spanish. he might not understand what they say ,but i do lol.

theres a loooot of anger and a lot of cursing. a bunch of long time latino fans are really furious over this. Simpsons is very huge in south america.

 

[Andysol]

That settles that, but please if you’ve posted here then watch the documentary. It’s way more nuanced than what has been said in this thread.

The Problem with Apu — truTV - Official Site

After watching that Joe, watch what @TheCode posted and tell me if that changes your mind at all.

 

[Lucky Planet]

it is pretty,, pretty long lol, i might have to change the speed to finish it to 1.25