Current Events > Korra is voiced by a white blonde lady...

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Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Goku beat your ass so hard that you are reduced to shitposting Freiza?

lmao!

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I just posted one though, Giancarlo voicing Lex Luthor. Wuncler and Rummy from Boondocks. Famously, Vader is voiced by a black actor. Phil Lamarr voices a few, I think, but I can't name any off the top of my head. Samurai Jack is Asian, after all.

And there's a ton of black actors voicing Asian characters in anime, of course.

Slayer_22 posted...

I just posted one though, Giancarlo voicing Lex Luthor. Wuncler and Rummy from Boondocks. Famously, Vader is voiced by a black actor. Phil Lamarr voices a few, I think, but I can't name any off the top of my head. Samurai Jack is Asian, after all.

And there's a ton of black actors voicing Asian characters in anime, of course.

Are the characters in anime considered Asian?

Noumas posted...

Are the characters in anime considered Asian?

Mirko is, and she's voiced by a black woman.

That's just the first one off the top of my head.

pegusus123456 posted...

She actually said recently that she'd turn down the role if they do anything more with the character because she feels it should be a PoC.

Not sure how I feel about it tbh. If you really want it to be accurate, you'd need an Inuit actress and I'm not sure how many of those are around.

that's what the casting director is for

Dani Chambers does the voice for a lot of Asian characters

https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dani-Chambers/

averagejoel posted...

that's what the casting director is for

Google says there are 150k Inuits in the world. Out of that 150k, about 70k live in Greenland and Denmark. Of the 80k that remain, we'll say they're perfectly split on gender. So you have 40k Inuit women who mostly live in the upper portions of Canada. Of that 40k, you need to find one that made their way down to Los Angeles, wants to be an actress, is good enough to do the job, and is interested in voicing a cartoon character.

It's almost certainly not possible.

pegusus123456 posted...

Google says there are 150k Inuits in the world. Out of that 150k, about 70k live in Greenland and Denmark. Of the 80k that remain, we'll say they're perfectly split on gender. So you have 40k Inuit women who mostly live in the upper portions of Canada. Of that 40k, you need to find one that made their way down to Los Angeles, wants to be an actress, is good enough to do the job, and is interested in voicing a cartoon character.

It's almost certainly not possible.

they also have the option of contacting someone directly and getting them to temporarily relocate to LA. actors do that kind of thing

pegusus123456 posted...

Google says there are 150k Inuits in the world. Out of that 150k, about 70k live in Greenland and Denmark. Of the 80k that remain, we'll say they're perfectly split on gender. So you have 40k Inuit women who mostly live in the upper portions of Canada. Of that 40k, you need to find one that made their way down to Los Angeles, wants to be an actress, is good enough to do the job, and is interested in voicing a cartoon character.

It's almost certainly not possible.

When did we ban immigration from Greenland and Denmark?

averagejoel posted...

they also have the option of contacting someone directly and getting them to temporarily relocate to LA. actors do that kind of thing

Actors do that kind of thing. Nickelodeon isn't going to do that kind of thing.

And that completely disregards the rest of what I said.

DrizztLink posted...

When did we ban immigration from Greenland and Denmark?

I'm going on the assumption that people who live halfway across the world aren't going to become American voice actors in any worthwhile percentage.

pegusus123456 posted...

I'm going on the assumption that people who live halfway across the world aren't going to become American voice actors in any worthwhile percentage.

Because nobody from Europe went to LA to pursue careers in the arts, naturally.

DrizztLink posted...

Because nobody from Europe went to LA to pursue careers in the arts, naturally.

Even if you assume that a jaw-droppingly 10% of any given population goes to America in hopes of becoming an actor, that'd still only be 3500 Inuit women. So like I said.

pegusus123456 posted...

people who live halfway across the world aren't going to become American voice actors in any worthwhile percentage.

pegusus123456 posted...

Even if you assume that a jaw-droppingly 10% of any given population goes to America in hopes of becoming an actor, that'd still only be 3500 Inuit women. So like I said.

I'm not coming at you or anything, sorry if that was a little strong.

I just didn't see why you'd bother excluding a huge chunk of the population like that when the whole point of representation is to bring oft-ignored voices to the forefront.

I'm not saying they should disregard Inuit actors or anything, I'm just saying that I think it'd be virtually impossible to find one to voice Korra. And that's not even mentioning any other Water Tribe members they'd also have.

pegusus123456 posted...

I'm not saying they should disregard Inuit actors or anything, I'm just saying that I think it'd be virtually impossible to find one to voice Korra. And that's not even mentioning any other Water Tribe members they'd also have.

And if honest effort was made, then that's fine.

Hollywood is a lot better at finding people than you'd think when they actually want to, though.

ShineboxPhil posted...

Ed Wuncler and Gin Rummy are both played by Charlie Murphy and Samuel L Jackson
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/1/0/AAOGfWAADalO.jpg

R.I.P. Charlie Murphy.

DrizztLink posted...

And if honest effort was made, then that's fine.

Hollywood is a lot better at finding people than you'd think when they actually want to, though.

Its actually scary how good they can be with casting sometimes, and imagine the hundreds, nay thousands of people they must go through every day for a specific part

TheGoldenEel posted...

All I know her from is all-time great show Youre The Worst, had no idea she did voice acting

That show was fantastic. All of the characters were great. But Lindsey, she was something special.

pegusus123456 posted...

Actors do that kind of thing. Nickelodeon isn't going to do that kind of thing.

And that completely disregards the rest of what I said.

"well folks I've done the math and determined that representation is impossible. better pack it up and go home now"

averagejoel posted...

"well folks I've done the math and determined that representation is impossible. better pack it up and go home now"

Bruh, shut the fuck up. I tried talking with you in good faith and you've decided to put words in my mouth.

pegusus123456 posted...

Bruh, shut the fuck up. I tried talking with you in good faith and you've decided to put words in my mouth.

you did an extremely poor job of the "good faith" part

averagejoel posted...

you did an extremely poor job of the "good faith" part

Incorrect, you're definitely overreacting.

TentacleDemon posted...

That show was fantastic. All of the characters were great. But Lindsey, she was something special.

Been looking for new comedy shows to watch, is that one any good?

averagejoel posted...

"well folks I've done the math and determined that representation is impossible. better pack it up and go home now"

That's... not what was said.

Goku is voiced by en elderly Japanese woman.