The Problem with Apu (2017)

Good concept, poorly executed.

Absolutely Fantastic

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I'm pretty sure that all the haters giving this less than 8 stars are white people who have have been triggered by it. White people, please sit down, be humble. Now you dear reader, if you're reaading the reviews to decide whether to watch this or not, just go ahead and watch it. Read the reviews later and you'll see that all of them have raised criticisms that have been answered in the film itself.. only the reviewers were too riled up that Hari took their favorite show to task, to notice. Well, boo hoo! Not only is Hari 100% on point, he is funny while he's at it. There are also some great interviews and Whoopi Goldberg also appears! I think I'd watch it for Whoopi alone.. but there's so much more in this!Anyway just want to clarify one thing that all the haters here keep harping about, so, spoiler alert! Everyone knows that the Simpsons makes fun of all races, but those other races are better represented in media so you don't *just* remember them as the caricature from the Simpsons. But South Asianaare poorly represented so you'll think of all SAs as "Apu" and that's the problem.Thanks for reading. Please take your time to enjoy this wholesome and funny documentary style rant :)

This documentary is educational and entertaining. Comedian Hari Kondabolu helps viewers explore issues of representation in mainstream U.S. media and how this affects society's perceptions. The folks with negative reviews have clearly not seen the film because he does address the use of satire to make fun of all kinds of people in the series. I plan to share the documentary with my high school students.

..is that it tries to create a problem, where there really isn't one. That it tries to point its fingers, at a cultural artistic expression, and tell it, that it is wrong, and foul. Trying to shame it, and let us know, that it has the better, and right way of thinking from its pedestal of righteousness. Basically this movie represents the concept of cultural Marxism in its purest form.If people keep letting movies (and thought-controlling mentalities in general) like this get off the hook, or even worse, view it as a positive thing. And we constantly let other people tell us what is offensive, correct, and wrong, and how entertainment, opinions and art is allowed to be expressed, then we'll soon end up as the same grey mass in a dystopian padded cell of a socialistic future, where it'll be too late to turn back.

Does the filmmaker not know that The Simpsons is a satire making fun of stereotypes (1.E. Italians being gangsters, Scotsmen being crazy, or rednecks are stupid). of course not, because when you have a political agenda actually realizing that the show is making fun of these stereotypes and not enforcing them.