Netflix received a legal notice for an offensive joke on The Big Bang Theory.
As detailed by ScreenRant, the joke occurs in Season 2, Episode 1, "The Bad Fish Paradigm," in which Raj (Kunal Nayyar) references two popular Bollywood actors, referring to Aishwarya Rai as a "goddess" and Madhuri Dixit as a "leprous prostitute" by comparison. This derogatory comment provoked outrage from social activist and author Mithun Vijay Kumar, who had his legal representative send Netflix a notice demanding it immediately remove the episode from the platform.
Although The Big Bang Theory is well-known for its controversial style of comedy, Kumar believes that such jokes should not be allowed because of the broader impact they can have on society and its treatment of women. In the notice, Kumar condemns Raj's joke for not only "insulting the modesty" of Madhuri Dixit, but for being "highly derogatory" towards "Indian culture and women," Kumar goes on to argue that such comments can "perpetuate harmful stereotypes and discrimination against women" and "promote sexism and misogyny.
" The episode also allegedly violates "Indian laws and regulations regarding the depiction of women and the promotion of gender equality," making it a possible target of legal action.
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