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...established a generation's cultural references and sensibility. (Is there any situation without a usable Simpsons quote?) Starting out as a family cartoon, it grew a cast of hundreds that spanned celebrity (Rainier Wolfcastle), religion (the de-diddly-vout Flanders family), business (C. Montgomery Burns) and immigration (Apu). But maybe its best and favorite subject has been TV itself--"Teacher, mother, secret lover!" For all the series' ups and downs, it is still the Best. TV Show. Ever...
...Corliss and Richard Schickel. Not surprisingly, reactions to their choices ranged from happy appreciation to utter dismay. Rohan Shah of Jersey City, New Jersey, said, "What a great list, with a truly global outlook! I was pleasantly surprised to see the inclusion of Bollywood movies, like Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy." Sean Williams, of Los Angeles, wrote, "I have 1,000 favorite films, so I know how hard it is to choose only 100, and you can't please everyone. Still, I would have listed the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup. THANKS FOR INCLUDING BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN; SOME READERS MIGHT COMPLAIN...
...another perk: it landed Nagra a continuing role on ER. (Finally! An Indian doctor on a U.S. hospital show.) But while contestants on The Bachelor go on a Bollywood-theme date this week, few South Asians are on the big or small screen in the U.S. (The Simpsons' Apu doesn't count...
...like the Simpsons episode where Homer and Apu scale a mountain, only to find this giant commercial Kwik-E-Mart just sitting at the top," Wang wrote in an e-mail message...
...movie's $250 million dollar gross. After all, every Indian in America went to see for themselves whether we had actually made it up on to the big screen. But truth be told, Indians will probably never stop being the lame-o sidekick or the inane comic relief (Apu, anyone?). Oh, but not to confuse those casting agents out there, I still want to be Anakin's Indian friend in Episode II. Help me out, Natalie...