shankar blasted the decision as “ cowardice ” on the show ’s part .
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twitter predictably also as " the simpsons " side - steps the controversy and character altogether , shankar will produce the contest winning script through his bootleg universe site .
in april producer adi shankar launched a spec script contest for “ the simpsons ” to solve what has become known as the show ’s “ apu problem .
” shankar ’s primary hope was that fox would produce the script as an episode of “ the simpsons , ” but now that he has found what he calls the “ perfect script ” and announces the winner of his contest , he told indiewire that he has heard from people who work for the show that “ the simpsons ” is eliminating the character .
unfortunately , it does n’t appear that the episode will ever come to fruition because , in a recent interview with indiewire , shankar said that he ’s heard from sources that the simpsons is planning to instead quietly write the character off the show .
in response to the controversy , indian - american producer adi shankar announced that he was holding a crowdsourcing contest for fan submissions to come up with a better script to be produced by either fox or as a fan film .
if true , this sucks.https : twitter.comavnindera1status1055903558170824704 … back in april , the simpsons attempted to address the growing controversy surrounding the character of apu nahasapeemapetilon with the episode , “ no good read goes unpunished , ” which was heavily criticized for not so much addressing the issue as basically dismissing it .
“ i got some disheartening news back , that i ’ ve verified from multiple sources now : they ’re going to drop the apu character altogether , ” said shankar in an interview with indiewire .