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Fisher Stevens regrets his controversial 'Short Circuit' role: 'It definitely haunts me'
The actor looks back at his controversial "brownface" character in the 1986 comedy, which recently celebrated its 35th anniversary.
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How 'The Simpsons' replaced Hank Azaria with a gay actor for a popular gay character
Openly gay Cuban-American actor Tony Rodriguez recently landed the job of voicing one of the animated show's popular LGBTQ characters, Julio, with the help of the podcast "Gayest Episode Ever."
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'Simpsons' star Hank Azaria apologizes for voicing Apu, calls for animated shows to stop casting white actors as characters of color
"Part of me feels like I need to go around to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize," says the Emmy-winning actor, whose iconic show has grappled with the issue of "spoken blackface."
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Harry Shearer to stop voicing Dr. Hibbert in 'The Simpsons'
Harry Shearer, who has voiced Dr. Julius Hibbert in The Simpsons since the show's inception, is to stop voicing the chuckling physician.
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'The Simpsons' has replaced Hank Azaria with Alex Désert as the voice of Carl
'The Simpsons' announced earlier this year that non-white characters would no longer be voiced by white actors.
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Harry Shearer questions 'The Simpsons' decision over white actors voicing non-white characters
Harry Shearer, the voice of Mr Burns on The Simpsons, has said that actors should be able to play 'someone who they are not', and not necessarily characters of their own ethnicity.
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'The Simpsons' star Hank Azaria reveals why he quit Apu role: 'It just didn't feel right'
The actor didn't realise the character had come to be regarded as racist and went on to educate himself.
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