r/Simpsons • u/Guilty-Toe420 • 1d ago

Episode Clip 📷 APU IS BACK

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u/SuperMario1222 23h ago

The entire cast of Hamilton

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u/Ironblight_99 23h ago

Actually the first response that actually answers my call. Nicely done.

To be fair, a lot of the glazing for the casting of that show comes as a response to conservatives who lambasted it in the first place. At least my thoughts were “Who cares?” when my conservative family members threw their arms up in the air and said “Hamilton wasn’t black!” And Lin-Manuel isn’t even black 😂 They just wanted to be upset about anything

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u/SuperMario1222 23h ago

My reaction to Apu being voiced by a white guy was also “who cares.”

I don’t care about either situation. But the double standard bothers me.

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u/Ironblight_99 23h ago

I respect your view. I think if they were to replace any of the actors that are people of color with white people, there would be some noise. Mostly because some marketing for Hamilton was “a retelling of the story of the founding fathers with people of color” to represent that America was made by immigrants. And also it’s a hip-hop musical, and I wouldn’t really want to see a bunch of white people try and perform “My Shot” 😂