Get rid of many apply() calls.
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py b/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
index 07d2974..58ad773 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 # ---
 
 def create_parser(*args, **kwargs):
-    return apply(ExpatParser, args, kwargs)
+    return ExpatParser(*args, **kwargs)
 
 # ---