-and joining me now is hari kondabolu. so nice to have you here. -thanks for having me.r favorishows as a kid, and yet you were so frustrated with the character named apu. why? -apu is r, convenience store ow very one-dimensional, stereotypical, and at that time, that's the only depiction south asian-americans had, specifically indian-americans. like, we didn't have anything else, and initially we were... i think i was excited because we had something. when you have nothing, yore excited about anythin but as i got older, i realized, "oh, this is all we have, and this is how myndarents are depicted,"his is... it's such a narrow way to be seen. -was it the accents? because a white actor,za hanka, did the accent. -yeah. the accent is definitely a part of it. hanka, did the accent. -yeah. it's an accent meant to elicit laughter. it's not that realistic. the fact that everything he did always was connectedto is indianness or what, like, the white writers and executives thought indianness was. -you were taking on... or you are taking on a well-loved tv show an ataking on the q

-in the world of entertainment, comedian and writer hari kondabolu is no stranger to add rssing toughtakes on the long-running cartoon series "the simpsons" in his documentary th led, "the problem witu." it explores how an indian convenience store owner caters to stereotypes. -the problem is we didn't have any her representation in this country. -there was no aziz, no mindy, no kal, no "that dude who was on 'lost' and that other dude from 'heroes'th and dude that's in the apu documentary," no politicians or reporters and no whatever deepak chopra is. this is all we had. apu reflected how america viewed us -- servile, devious, goofy. ni -and j me now is hari kondabolu. . so nice to have you he -th. -"the simpsons" was one of your favorite tv shows as a kid, s and yet you wefrustrated with the character named apu. why?en -apu is a conce store owner, very one-dimensional, stereotypical, and at that time, that's the only depiction south asian-americans had, specifically indian-americans. like, we didn't have anything else, and initially we were... i think i was excited because we had some