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⌈ Secret Post #4324 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 25 secrets from Secret Submission Post #619.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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[fscom]

Official advertise your fandom-related event thread.

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Official clickables thread.

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General comments:

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Games thread!

[(Anonymous)]

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure I'm really picking up what you're putting down here - do I have this straight? You think that they use Apu's accent as a punchline in a way that people are entitled to be offended by. But you don't want them to get rid of the character. And you think that getting rid of the character is a petulant dick move to punish the people who think the character is racist.

How does that... work

[(Anonymous)]

IA

[greghousesgf]

unless he's changed a lot since I stopped watching the show he's one of the very few characters who's both smart and good at his job (although his repeatedly cheating on his wife wasn't that smart).

[(Anonymous)]

How is this fandom? Fandom of "Hollywood"?

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't his job being a skinflint who cheats the community at the convenience store that he owns?

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, yeah. My Netflix queue has tons of stuff on it that I can't get invested in enough to watch, so I end up watching lame crap or stuff I've already seen.

[(Anonymous)]

What does this mean? Obvious about what?

[(Anonymous)]

being gay, I assume

[bur]

In a nutshell.

What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us!

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't that what the secret says? OP doesn't dispute that Apu is a likeable character. But his accent and ethnicity is definitely used as comic relief.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I went to Target and bought new bedding: pillows, sheets, and a quilt! I'm so excited! I got new pajamas too! Woohoo!

[(Anonymous)]

They could keep the character without using his accent as a punchline (don't know if they do or don not, I don't watch of The Simpsons) ? Or they could introduce a new (or several) Indian character(s) ? But the first solution seems better because, like the OP, I bet there're fans that are very attached to him. It'd be unfair to deprive them of a beloved character just because people working on The Simpsons couldn't take a legitimate concern/critic.

[tabaqui]

If the summary grabs me, I watch a bit. I either finish, or click out of it. I mean - do you really need a review? Just jump in and see what stuff is like. You'll only lose a bit of time.

[(Anonymous)]

The whole thing isn't very user-friendly.

My main peeve right now is that there's so much content, and whenever I look for something to watch I'm spammed with all this stuff I have no interest in. If I could permanently hide things (like movies with tom cruise in them) and make different lists for myself I'd like the service much better and find it easier to navigate.

[(Anonymous)]

Even if you change the way that the character functions in future episodes, he's still affected by the ~20 years of episodes where his accent was a punchline, isn't he?

I mean I don't think it matters much either way because the earlier episodes are the ones that people actually watch so it's largely a symbolic gesture. But if people are justified in being offended at the way that the character was written, I don't see how the character can really be reclaimed at that point.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[bur]

Got to my word goal in NaNoWriMo, worked, though probably not as much as I should have (see: NaNoWriMo), ate some tacos. I gotta pack away a couple things to complete my dailies in World of Flooded Basement. Then time to reward myself with Dragon Quest!

SA

[(Anonymous)]

Crap, sorry for the misfire. I meant this to be under #1.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. And I can't tell whether they're bad at making shows/movies, or if I'm just not in the right demographic, but it's frustrating because even things that sound good based on the synopsis, I often find annoying and turn off.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, the character isn't inherently racist. The way the show or plots treat the character, can be and is often.

Instead of changing that, to be like "fine, we'll remove the character instead of addressing the problem or changing anything about the writing or viewpoint so we don't have to deal with it" can be the lazy way to do it.