The long-running TV cartoon comedy ‘The Simpsons’ is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color
LOS ANGELES - Animated TV comedy “The Simpsons” is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color, producers said on Friday.
The statement did not elaborate but the move follows years of public pressure about the Fox television show’s Indian convenience store character Apu, who is voiced by Hank Azaria. Azaria has also voiced the Simpsons characters of Black police officer Lou and the Mexican-American Bumblebee Man. Harry Shearer has played Dr. Hibbert, who is Black.Bumbling Homer Simpson, housewife Marge, troublemaker Bart, prodigy Lisa and baby Maggie, have captured the changing face of America for more than 30 years in the longest-running scripted show on U.S. television.Friday’s announcement comes amidst a widespread reckoning for U.S.
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