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'The Simpsons’ boss Al Jean wants the show to end as “continuous loop”. The 60-year-old showrunner would love to make references to the very first episode of the hit animated comedy - which aired on December 17, 1989 - if he “had” to plug the plug on after 33 seasons and counting. He told the Radio Times magazine: “I mentioned that there would be an ending where the last episode, they’d be going back to the Christmas pageant from the first episode, so that the whole series was a continuous loop. “That’s how I would end it, if I had to.” At the moment, Al - who has been with the The Simpsons si...
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Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, revealed that he has plans for the controversial character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The character was voiced by Hank Azaria before he stepped down after a public outcry convinced producers to no longer cast white actors to play non-white characters. “I think the Apu stories are fantastic and he’s one if the most nuanced characters on a silly two-dimensional cartoon show. So yeah, I’m proud of Apu,” Groening told USA Today when asked about the criticism the show received about Apu being a stereotype character. “I’m trying not to open up another chasm of c...
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'The Simpsons' bosses have "ambitious" plans for Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The Kwik-E Mart operator was previously played by Hank Azaria but following criticism of using a white actor to voice an Indian character, he stepped down last year, and though no one has yet been drafted in to take over as the shopkeeper, creator Matt Groening teased there are some ideas about what to do. He said: "We've got plans for Apu, but we have to see if we can make the stories work." Asked if there's a new actor lined up to voice Apu, he added to USA Today newspaper: "No. We're working on something kind of ambiti...
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Matt Groening has defended white actors playing non-white characters in 'The Simpsons'. The 67-year-old star - who created the long-running animated favourite as well as 'Futurama' and 'Disenchantment' - has opened up after news Harry Shearer would be replaced by Kevin Michael Richardson as the voice of Doctor Hibbert, a black character. Speaking to BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, Matt said: "Times change but I actually didn't have a problem with the way we were doing it. "All of our actors play dozens of characters each, it was never designed to exclude anyone." Following backlash after 2018 documentar...
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