In 2017, comedian Hari Kondabolu called out Hollywood's portrayals of South Asians with his documentary
The Problem With Apu. The film was also a criticism of comedian Hank Azaria, who is white, for voicing the Indian character on The Simpsons. On this episode, Hari and Hank sit down to talk publicly for the first time about that callout and everything that has gone down since.
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