faced a reckoning over the diversity of its characters. The re-casting started with Azaria’s Apu, which the white actor agreed perpetuated harmful stereotypes about Indian Americans.“Tonight I make my debut on The Simpsons as gay, Cuban Julio,” Rodriguez, a longtime performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade, wrote on Instagram last month. “This is a dream come true for me and I was already a living cartoon.”The comedian made a bid for the role in February on social media. “In the past two years, I have seen myself more in the show, and by that, I mean specifically the part of Julio, who is gay like me, he’s Cuban like me,” Rodriguez said in an IGTV videoA post shared by Tony Rodríguez (@thetonyrodrig)The move comes after months of.