The Simpsons will no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters, according to Variety. The Simpsons producers did not say whether the roles will be recast or written-out.
“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the producers said in a statement.
The Fox series made a similar action three years ago, in response to Hari Kondabolu’s TruTV documentary The Trouble With Apu. Hank Azaria, who voiced the Indian-American Kwik-e-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for more than 30 years, stepped down from the role. The new mandate may bring the character back with a more appropriate actor in the part. Matt Groening said the character will remain as recently as last summer. Tress MacNeille voices Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon. Harry Shearer voices Apu’s brother Sanjay and Dr. Julius Hibbert, who is a spoof of Bill Cosby’s Dr. Huxtable character.
Azaria also voices Drederick Tatum, who is based on Mike Tyson,...
“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the producers said in a statement.
The Fox series made a similar action three years ago, in response to Hari Kondabolu’s TruTV documentary The Trouble With Apu. Hank Azaria, who voiced the Indian-American Kwik-e-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for more than 30 years, stepped down from the role. The new mandate may bring the character back with a more appropriate actor in the part. Matt Groening said the character will remain as recently as last summer. Tress MacNeille voices Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon. Harry Shearer voices Apu’s brother Sanjay and Dr. Julius Hibbert, who is a spoof of Bill Cosby’s Dr. Huxtable character.
Azaria also voices Drederick Tatum, who is based on Mike Tyson,...
- 6/27/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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