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Final_Tran
06/26/20 8:59:34 PM
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Thoughts? Be prepare for knockoff Carl, Lou, Dr. Hibbert etc.

https://ew.com/tv/the-simpsons-no-longer-white-actors-playing-non-white-characters/
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UnfairRepresent
06/26/20 9:00:09 PM
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I don't get why it matters for voice acting...
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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:00:33 PM
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I think most people on here stopped watching the show years ago
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creativerealms
06/26/20 9:00:48 PM
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I understand why even if I don't agree that it's necessary.

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Phantom36
06/26/20 9:01:17 PM
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This is incredibly stupid. Bart's voice actor is a woman, should that be changed too?

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BudDupree48
06/26/20 9:01:34 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
voice acting...


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KeeperOfShadows
06/26/20 9:01:39 PM
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2020 just keeps getting weirder...

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Damn_Underscore
06/26/20 9:01:40 PM
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what about the yellow characters

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ThisGuyAreSick
06/26/20 9:02:06 PM
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looks like cleveland is leaving family guy again
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BudDupree48
06/26/20 9:02:17 PM
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Phantom36 posted...
This is incredibly stupid. Bart's voice actor is a woman, should that be changed too?

Uh yeah. Kristy should be a clown irl otherwise its racist too

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ThisGuyAreSick
06/26/20 9:02:45 PM
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LordFarquad1312
06/26/20 9:03:05 PM
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They are mostly yellow tho

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ultimate reaver
06/26/20 9:03:09 PM
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Phantom36 posted...
This is incredibly stupid. Bart's voice actor is a woman, should that be changed too?

tbh she should have been fired when she was using the bart voice to try to recruit people for scientology in the 2000s

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__aCEr__
06/26/20 9:04:34 PM
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This is a way to slowly phase out the original cast and keep the show going long after they're all dead.

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yunalenne10
06/26/20 9:05:50 PM
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What about South Park?

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Crazyman93
06/26/20 9:05:58 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I don't get why it matters for voice acting...
It doesn't, especially when everyone on the Simpsons who isn't black is Jaundice Yellow

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ThyCorndog
06/26/20 9:07:02 PM
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finally racial justice in america

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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:08:05 PM
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yunalenne10 posted...
What about South Park?

are there even prominent non-white characters in the show? Chef died

i guess theres token, but Im pretty sure Trey and Matt dont give a s***
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FortuneCookie
06/26/20 9:08:44 PM
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Reminder that Homer Simpson has black ancestry.

We need to recast Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Grandpa so that they can discuss racial issues without the stigma of having white actors playing characters of black ancestry. Maggie can retain her original voice actor though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liuSbrghzmk

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LordMarshal
06/26/20 9:08:50 PM
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So this filthy rich actor voices like 3+ characters? Hes not a cop or bar tender! Sooooooo offensive!!!!!@!%

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yunalenne10
06/26/20 9:10:03 PM
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Final_Tran posted...
are there even prominent non-white characters in the show? Chef died

i guess theres token, but Im pretty sure Trey and Matt dont give a s***
Just side characters for focused episodes, like the Asian restaurant owners.

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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:10:06 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Reminder that Homer Simpson has black ancestry.

uhh... what? Are you sure youre not thinking of Peter Griffin?
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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:10:41 PM
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yunalenne10 posted...
Just side characters for focused episodes, like the Asian restaurant owners.

didnt the asian restaurant owner turned out to be a white guy?
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FortuneCookie
06/26/20 9:15:04 PM
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Final_Tran posted...
uhh... what? Are you sure youre not thinking of Peter Griffin?

They had an episode in which it was revealed that Homer's ancestor was an escaped slave who ran off to Canada to marry a white woman. When Grandpa was confronted for being a racist in hiding this fact, he retreated by promptly falling asleep.

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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:16:51 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Reminder that Homer Simpson has black ancestry.

We need to recast Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Grandpa so that they can discuss racial issues without the stigma of having white actors playing characters of black ancestry. Maggie can retain her original voice actor though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liuSbrghzmk

this is maggies original voice actor

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FortuneCookie
06/26/20 9:17:39 PM
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Um... I'm pretty sure that was James Earl Jones in that scene too.

<_<

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rodu_jr
06/26/20 9:17:48 PM
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I thought acting was pretending to be something else
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Final_Tran
06/26/20 9:18:54 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Um... I'm pretty sure that was James Earl Jones in that scene too.

<_<

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FortuneCookie
06/26/20 9:19:20 PM
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Totally. :)

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FortuneCookie
06/26/20 9:19:47 PM
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You are now picturing Darth Vader saying, "Goodnight, Daddy."

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PokemonYoutube
06/26/20 9:23:00 PM
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Will they also no longer have non-white actors voicing white characters? Women voicing male characters? Men voicing female characters? Either go for 100% demographic accuracy or don't bother.
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Boombam99
06/26/20 9:26:25 PM
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Final_Tran posted...
are there even prominent non-white characters in the show? Chef died

i guess theres token, but Im pretty sure Trey and Matt dont give a s***

Funnily enough their two most famous black characters, Chef and Token, are voiced by black voice actors.
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AmericaTheBrave
06/26/20 9:26:48 PM
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Let's cut out the middle man and just have everyone voiced by black people.

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EarlWallingford
06/26/20 9:29:38 PM
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White VAs show they're real allies and make tangible moves to get more black representation in show business

The "What about black on black crime?" Group: IM STEAMED

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darkphoenix181
06/26/20 9:31:09 PM
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Meanwhile, hollywood will continue to erase redheads and replace them with minority actors for roles that have been a redhead for like 80 years like Mary Jane.
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masterpug53
06/26/20 9:31:23 PM
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Pardon me while I pretend to be upset about this, or that it will have any bearing on whether or not I watch a show that I stopped following literally twenty seasons ago.

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Chicken
06/26/20 9:39:25 PM
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So who will voice Kang and Kodos if we have no one eyed tentacle aliens on earth?

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DarkFists
06/26/20 9:43:54 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I don't get why it matters for voice acting...
Anime voice actors are stepping back from voicing PoC too (though...there's a bit of a contradiction there considering) though that's mainly because black people can' really break into that industry well, it is a wee bit weird for cartoon voice acting since there are a lot of PoC VAs in cartoons, but I get where they're coming from.

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AmericaTheBrave
06/26/20 9:50:02 PM
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DarkFists posted...
Anime voice actors are stepping back from voicing PoC too

So anime that take place in Japan will have Japanese people do their dub voices?

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Gamerguymass
06/26/20 9:53:46 PM
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PokemonYoutube posted...
Will they also no longer have non-white actors voicing white characters? Women voicing male characters? Men voicing female characters? Either go for 100% demographic accuracy or don't bother.

Of course not. Its only wrong when a white person voice a black character. I mean hell a white voice actor isn't even allowed to voice a half white character. But a black guy voicing a white character? No biggie. A female character voicing a male character? Who cares? And then people seriously wonder why conservatives get pissed off and think they are trying to erased.

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DarkFists
06/26/20 9:57:01 PM
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AmericaTheBrave posted...
So anime that take place in Japan will have Japanese people do their dub voices?
Nope, hence my contradiction statement...I think for the most part, they're saying PoC in general and not black, even though it's really only black VAs who seem to get passed up since there's plenty of Asian VAs in the English VA industry

Then again, I think it just applies to anyone with dark skin because people get confused, cuz I saw a certain high profile VA apologize for having voiced an Okinawan in Digimon, because he looked black...heh, I get it, but I do think some go a wee bit overboard...it is sad hearing from actual ADRs about how black VAs get passed up though, so I get it.

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Zack_Attackv1
06/26/20 10:01:33 PM
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Cool, but what about the writers? It would be nice to have actual writers again.
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lightwarrior78
06/26/20 10:31:36 PM
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The funny part is, 90% of the Simpsons characters are done by like 6 people. This will create a job for one black guy that will have to have very versitile voice talent because they aren't likely to hire a group to give everyone a unique voice.

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youngskillz
06/27/20 5:33:53 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
Of course not. Its only wrong when a white person voice a black character. I mean hell a white voice actor isn't even allowed to voice a half white character. But a black guy voicing a white character? No biggie. A female character voicing a male character? Who cares? And then people seriously wonder why conservatives get pissed off and think they are trying to erased.


entirely this.

but these pc/sjw clowns don't care about any double standard against white folks.

they don't even pretend to see it, much less care.


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chrono625
06/27/20 5:38:24 PM
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The simpsons has been trash for years and I couldnt give a fuck less about Apu being written off or recast.

i have zero issue with shows in the future trying to give minority characters actual voice actor jobs of the same ethnicity. But at least be consistent from now on. Whites for whites, blacks for blacks, Latino for Latino, Asian for Asian, man for man and woman for woman.

this would be unfortunate though cause Kratos would be recasted.

but what also gets me nuts is that after 20+ years they JUST NOW see that it might be wrong they voiced animated characters that didnt match their skin tone?

this unnecessary guilt needs to stop.


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Djungelurban
06/28/20 9:36:45 PM
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Black actors should be able to voice white characters and white actors should be able to voice black characters. Any person of any race should be do voice work as any race. I mean, wasn't the point of all of this that race shouldn't be a factor? Now all of a sudden it's the biggest and most important factor. Racial segregation in the name of anti-racism... The irony is tragic.
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vigorm0rtis
06/28/20 9:38:43 PM
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I wasn't aware Simpsons were still on until this broke in the news.

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Vicious_Dios
06/28/20 9:43:20 PM
#49:


Once again progressives are tackling on pressing issues like voice acting on shows.

Give your selves another self-pat on the back. You just ended the super creepy, systemic, oppressive, racist, _____insert_buzzword_____, and other stuff by doing shit nobody asked for.

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Middle hope
06/28/20 10:08:05 PM
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The entire cast is gonna get fired, because 99% of the characters are yellow

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