heroes' and that dude that's in the apuocumentary," no politicians or reporters and no whatever deepak chopraters er apu reflected how ica viewed us -- servile, devious, goofy. -and joining me now is hari kondabolu. so nice to have you here. -thanks for having me. -"the simpsons" was one of your favorite tv shows as a kid, and yet you were so frustrated with theharacter named apu. why? -apu is a convenience store owner, very one-dimensional, stereotypical, and at that time, that's the oamy depiction south asiaicans had, specifically indian-americans. like, we didn't have anything else, and initially we were... i think i waomexcited because we hadhing. but as i got older, i realized, yo"oh, this is all we have,ng, and this is how my parents are depicted," and this is... but ait's such a narrow wayzed, yo"oh,to be seen.l we have,ng, usas it the accents? bea white actor, hank azaria, did the accent. -yeah. the rtcent is definitely a f it. it's an accent meant to elicit laughter. it's not that realistic. the fact that everything he did always was connected to his indiannits or what, like, the wri