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Apu Controversy: We trust Jim Brooks and team to handle it, says Fox CEO

Apu

By: Keerthi Mohan

The controversy surrounding The Simpsons Indian-origin character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon refuses to die down, but Fox Studio will not be getting involved in it. Fox chairman and CEO Dana Walden touched upon the controversy during the Television Critics Association press tour and said she has left it to The Simpsons executive producer Jim Brooks and his team to handle the issue. “We have had the conversation with Jim Brooks and his team and we’ve basically left it up to them,” said Walden. “They’ve treated the characters with so much respect. We trust them to handle it in a way that will…

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