The Problem with Apu is that stereotypes are still funny--maybe because theres a percentage of truth to any stereotype?

plenty people starving in bad health in some slum have to listen to this garbage 😄

the thing is, if you follow this to it's logical conclusion, you will end up with no cultural diversity in entertainment. Like, if you made Apu less stereotypical then it would be "whitewashing". The characters would not be allowed to be genuine because it is perceived as making fun of them. I mean where do people want to go with this stuff? have they thought about it at all?

are movies and tv just going to be segregated

Also once again the most murderous thing someone could do to another human is *make fun of them*

what is the correct way to portray a minority?

apparently its your responsibility as a white media bro to hire a consultant

What the fucking hell is going on

its an idiot idea once you reduce it--because there are less of these people here, you have more responsibility towards them in media

It's a lose lose situation, there is no way to not fuck it up

if you put them in, you are exploiting them, if you leave them out, then you dont like them

insanity

Indians technically only a minority when IN the US

So if pop dwarf us, we can make fun? Is China a minority too now?

being culturally sensitive/aware or whatever they are calling it, will just stifle creativity.

there will be an ever narrowing window of what is okay to put in a story or a piece of art

Yeah. Imagine a new show like Beavis & Butthead or South Park debuting today

Comedy is in the toilet

But we cant even discuss important issues without fear of being racist. We cant look at numbers, we cant point to them in explanation. The numbers hate Chinese man

I cant believe that some of these people are still on tv, like trevor noah, like who watches that shit? It is painfully unfunny

I gave Trevor a chance

He's just not that funny

And he tries to be *cute* between lines the way Jon did

He isn’t

He’s annoying and obnoxious

but Jon is an old man. Somehow it works for him. It's not funny when Trevor does it its just cringy

Weird thing is, Jon handpicked Trevor to take over

That redhead girl that comes on sometimes, she is just the worst

Who?

She is like a female Gilbert Godfreid (sic)

Ahhhhhww

Sounds awful

Michelle Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbokFDfuspk

Yeah, that name sounds familiar

she sounds drunk or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEfQPOZSwKs

Her entire personality is just intolerable

I'm like I get it, she's not pretty. Women don't have to be pretty to be funny. And they don't need talent either.

>women don’t need talent
Ain’t that the truth

I feel like "awkward" is big in media rn
It's great for people with anxiety and stuff to have people to relate to, but it's definitely not something to aspire to.
If all your heroes are these awkward unfunctionals, you're not going to redouble your efforts to improve your social skills
Who cares but just a thought