# Fix Apu Storyline **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 4, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553 "2018-05-04T05:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553/36 "2018-05-06T18:07:08Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …the writing on the Simpsons is entirely representative of the predominately white male writers and producers that make the show. I don’t think an all-white writing team is is a problem, the colour of a person’s skin has no bearing on whether it is any good. > [@](#): > > So it is entirely possible to change the nature of the Apu’s character simply by either changing how the character is written or by changing the voice. I’ve yet to hear a coherent argument for why the character is particularly problematic in the first place, is he a bad person? a poor role model? > [@](#): > > And by doing that you will stop alienating an entire section of the community that is crying out for better representation on TV and film that’s a big claim, who is being alienated and how? > [@](#): > > And if that upsets you: well, its only a cartoon character. And regardless of what they do with the character, it is going to have zero effect on you. So get over it. if it is only a cartoon character then not changing it is hardly likely to matter either is it? Soory, I think it is a storm in a tea-cup, as seems tiresomely common these days. There are far bigger issues regarding equality and bigotry that are cheapened and diminished by paying such attention to these non-stories. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553)._