FOX Says “Simpsons” Creators Can Handle Apu How They Want

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Creators of “The Simpsons” have the freedom to handle the show’s depiction of Indian shop owner Apu in the right way for their show, a top FOX executive said Thursday.
Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk who has sold expired food and ripped off customers in the long-running animated FOX series, has come under fire as racist and stereotypical. The criticism flared after the recent release of the documentary “The Trouble with Apu.”
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