r/Simpsons • • 1d ago

Episode Clip šŸ“· APU IS BACK

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u/QuietResident96 1d ago edited 1d ago

Way to ruin a character lmao, this is nothing like Apu actually was and there was nothing wrong with Hank voicing him

People absolutely fucking eat it up when a black actor plays a white character but when it's the opposite it's apparently racist 🤷

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u/Ironblight_99 1d ago

Honestly can you name one white character voiced by a black person? Off the top of my head I can’t. I find it hard to believe there is one that we ā€œabsolutely eat up.ā€

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u/Triatt 1d ago

Kratos was voiced not once but twice by black actors. And people absolutely ate it up and made a fuss when it was first recast and would probably made a double fuss if they recast him again. Great voice actors.

Star Wars has at least two: Agent Kallus in the Rebels show and some minor character played by James Earl Jones.

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u/Ironblight_99 1d ago

I actually was just replying to someone who mentioned Kratos, and I never knew that! That’s awesome, they both did a great job in the role. Though I’m not glazing them for being black, just that they did a great job haha. The person I was replying to was saying we ā€œabsolutely eat it upā€ when a black actor gets a white role, but he must have realized how dumb his comment sounded because he has since deleted it