In what appears to be the news outlets trying to stir up issues that aren’t issues at all, a local CBS outlet tries to report on Indian business owners being offended by Apu but without much luck. They start out with the premise that The Simpsons’ Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the local Kwik-E-Mart owner, casts an unflattering stereotype on Indian store owners, but after 4 interviews they come up empty handed. Each interviewee is able to explain that they find this exaggeration of a character entertaining and clearly not a reality, much less offensive at all. One of these people is an executive from 7-Eleven that was willing to come down from his ranking post to put on the store worker outfit and join his employees in the role of Apu. Perhaps CBS should have tried to lead this story a little differently.

The Simpsons Movie comes out in theaters later this month. You can still get all your Kwik-E-Mart goodies if you hurry.

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