rant · moment 13 of 24
In Defense of Apu and Loving Indian Culture
from #206 - Turn Yourselves In | The Tim Dillon Show · #206
5 min
Tim continues defending the Apu character, describing his fondness for Jackson Heights' Indian community and food, and argues that erasing ethnic stereotypes doesn't reflect real affection between communities.
- Tim recounts being told as a child that everyone loves him, which he found emotionally exhausting and traumatic.
- Indian people have accents and that's fine—Tim says he likes them and loves Indian culture in Jackson Heights.
- He describes eating gulab jamun and deep-fried sweets with Raymond, with Indians dancing around them afterward.
- The problem with removing Apu isn't that he owns a Kwik-E-Mart; it's that people shouldn't have to erase differences to satisfy critics.
- Hank Azaria stepped down from playing Apu and Jenny Slate is replacing him, but funny people would just tweet about it.
- Everything's outlawed now and people can't have fun anymore because of cancel culture.
- Abolishing police sounds good in theory but power vacuums get filled—the college kids pushing it don't understand how the real world works.
- Shaming tactics that work on social media don't work on actual criminals with guns who don't care about being canceled.
- People who want to kill you aren't going to respond to Twitter antics or cancellation.
Hank AzariaJenny SlateJackson Heightsde BlasioRay Kump