In an interview with Exclaim! last year, Hari Kondabolu discussed the inaccurate and reductive ways brown people are portrayed in pop culture. He mentioned Apu from The Simpsons, calling the Kwik-E-Mart clerk "a very racially inaccurate and upsetting character voiced by a white guy." Now, he's made a feature-length documentary about the character.
Brooklyn-based comic, Hari Kondabolu says the NY Times is “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” Back in March 2014, Kondabolu released his debut standup album “Waiting for 2042” on indie-label Kill Rock Stars.
Hari Kondabolu Suggests
'The Simpsons'
Is Racist in the First Trailer for
'The Problem with Apu'
Hari has done standup on the David Letterman's Late Show, Conan , Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live at Gotham and John Oliver’s New York 
e network in February 2011. He was also a writer and correspondent for the Chris Rock-produced Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX.
Hari was born and raised in Queens, NY and went to Townsend Harris High School with the school’s mascot, “Hari the Hawk,” was named after him during his senior year. (He sometimes fears that his greatest achievement was accomplished at 17.)
