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Summary The documentary from Hari Kondabolu interviews Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aziz Ansari, Whoopi Goldberg, Sakina Jaffrey, Aasif Mandvi, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kal Penn, and Russell Peters about the negative impact of The Simpsons' character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon may have on society.
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The Problem With Apu
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Summary The documentary from Hari Kondabolu interviews Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aziz Ansari, Whoopi Goldberg, Sakina Jaffrey, Aasif Mandvi, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kal Penn, and Russell Peters about the negative impact of The Simpsons' character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon may have on society.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
77
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Though the ending isn’t tidy, the film still offers a lot of insight from Kondabolu’s contemporaries like Aziz Ansari, Aparna Nancherla, Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Russell Peters, and several more.
[Hari Kondabolu has] taken the issue in hand skillfully here, regardless of whether his message changes how the audience, and Azaria, view Apu from now on.
Not all documentaries need to "show both sides," but it becomes disingenuous when Kondabolu declares, "I realize some of you think I'm some annoying PC social-justice warrior" and then calculatedly skips those voices, and disappointing when Kondabolu and friends wonder what can be done about Apu now and there's nobody around to make it into a real conversation. Still, there's great virtue in getting that conversation started and, in under an hour, The Problem With Apu does that well.
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
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71% Negative
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