YMMV / The Simpsons S 29 E 15 No Good Read Goes Unpunished

• Broken Base: Many consider that the scene in which Lisa and Marge discuss how something can become offensive with time would probably have worked better had they not addressed it in such a direct fashion. Others contend that otherwise, the audience would not have listened.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • The conclusion of Marge and Lisa's subplot, which is partially a response to "The Problem with Apu" ends with the question being posited "Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?", to which Marge and Lisa (respectively) respond "Some things will be addressed at a later date. If at all." Not too long after this episode aired, Hank Azaria said he would be willing to drop the role of Apu, and it was rumored that the show would be getting rid of him entirely.
  • In 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, the show announced that they would no longer use white actors to voice non-white characters in a complete 180 to the attitude displayed in this episode.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Daniel Radcliffe makes a cameo in the episode, but in Bart and Homer's plot, where he doesn't do much. Many think that he should've been involved in the main plot since he's known for playing Harry Potter, a famous literary character.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Much of the criticism, other than the jab at "The Problem with Apu", is that the writers should have made an episode actually dealing with Apu rather than a part of the element of an entire storyline involving Political Overcorrectness and Bart Simpsons' shenanigans. This is not mentioning it would be a good story for Lisa Simpson who not only act as a friend of Apu but also a representation of liberal youths. The sideplot also pretty much fizzled out in an anti-climatic way.

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