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The Simpsons has recast the voice actor for the iconic gay character Julio with gay, Cuban actor Tony Rodríguez.
The recasting follows the controversy of
The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria’s stereotypical depiction of Indian-American convenience store clerk Apu. The controversy sparked a conversation that some of the show’s ethnic minority characters had been historically voiced by white actors and encouraged harmful stereotypes.
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening told the BBC in February that “times change”, and the show would be rethinking its casting.
Azaria said in 2020 that he would be stepping down from the role of Apu following the controversy. But his replacement has not yet been revealed.
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The Simpsonshas always had queer characters, but it’s fair to say that it didn’t always treat its LGBTQ characters in the best way–to say the least. They were either mocked by other characters for being queer or had their sexual orientation treated ambiguously. Lest we forget, it took a whopping sixteen seasons for Patty to officially come out. But now we can see how much the show actually changed its approach on queer characters throughout its three-decade run. Drew Mackie, who hosts the podcast
on LGBTQ-focused episodes of classic sitcoms, made a video documenting every single LGBTQ joke across 31 seasons of the animated series.