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Springfield's Shopkeeper Returns to the Conversation
· New York time
Apu has returned to The Simpsons with a new voice after eight years in which the character was seen but not heard. The change follows the long-running debate over the character's portrayal and casting. For an enduring television series, a voice is part of how continuity and change meet. The puzzle belongs to Springfield itself, a place where time barely moves but production decisions still do. Keeping a familiar character recognizable does not require pretending the audience's expectations have stood still too.
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