apu reflected how america viewed us -- servile, devious, goofy. i nd joining me now is hndabolu.anks for me. -"the simpsons" was one of your favorite tv shows as a kid, and yet thu were so frustrated he character named apu. why? -apu is a conveniene 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, you're excited about anything, but as i got older, i realized, "oh, this is a we have, and this is how my parents are depicted," and this is... it's such a narrow way to be seen. -was it the accents? because a white actor,ri hank a did the accent. -yeah. the accent is definitely a part of it.it's an t to elicit laughter. it's not that realistic. the fact that everything he did always was connected to his 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 and taking on the q