“The Simpsons” creator, 67, granted a rare interview to the BBC on Tuesday, where he candidly discussed his personal conclusions regarding the show’s recent controversies concerning race and representation.The legendary show has been much criticized for its decision to cast white actors to voice characters of color when the show debuted some 31 years ago.“Times change,” Groening told the BBC, “but I actually didn’t have a problem with the way we were doing it.
All of our actors play dozens of characters each, it was never designed to exclude anyone.”However, actor Hank Azaria, who voiced the Kwik-E-Mart shopkeeper since 1989, stepped down amid public outcry last year to make way for an as-yet determined actor of South Asian origin.
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