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Originally Posted by Momaw Nadon

wellllllllll, we don’t know for sure whether Apu is off-limits. unless anybody from Disney’s licensing department or Super7 can confirm or refute. not collecting the line means I don’t have to trouble myself about that anyway.

cuz like I said earlier, I was always going to be of two minds about that situation. that I would be disappointed not to have one of the show’s core supporting characters but that I would be pretty tone-deaf to not understand why South Asian-Americans don’t see Apu as ideal representation. granted none of the characters on The Simpsons intend to be ‘ideal representation’, it is a show that specializes in broad characterizations and playing with stereotypes. but the dearth of South Asian-American representation in the 90’s (obviously it’s gotten better since) meant Apu became one of its most prominent pop culture figures and I’m sure many were not thrilled about that.

Wasn't Apu written off of the show? I'm not certain 'cuz I can't bring myself to watch modern Simpsons, but if he was I can't imagine any merch featuring him will come out, unless it's DVD sets of old seasons or those weird character collage posters haha