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‘The Simpsons’ Will ‘No Longer Have White Actors Voice Non-White Characters
Variety ^ | June 26th, 2020 | David Buchan

Posted on 06/26/2020 5:29:37 PM PDT by LouieFisk

“The Simpsons” won’t have any repeats of Hank Azaria voicing Apu.

The producers behind the show issued a statement Friday saying that from now on, its characters of color will be voiced by actors of color only.

“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the statement read.

News of the decision comes less than an hour after Mike Henry announced he will no longer voice the character of Cleveland Brown on fellow Fox animated comedy “Family Guy.”

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: again; antiwhite; nowwhite; simpsons; tv; voice; yellow
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To: dfwgator
One of my favorites. And of course... "Gotta burn muh boots, they touched yankee soil!"
101 posted on 06/26/2020 7:48:53 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: LouieFisk

If South Park caves then it is the end of civilization as we know it.


102 posted on 06/26/2020 8:07:44 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: LouieFisk
‘The Simpsons’ Will ‘No Longer Have White Actors Voice Non-White Characters

The Simpsons have sucked for the last decade at least, if not much longer. Nobody cares what they do anymore. They went into the sh*tter a long time ago.

103 posted on 06/26/2020 8:07:48 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: LouieFisk

POLL: Should we destroy all past episodes? Or should we have them revoiced by actors of color?


104 posted on 06/26/2020 8:33:07 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: dfwgator

Bugs Bunny,
Old Timey.


105 posted on 06/26/2020 9:03:55 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (What Will be Done about "OREOS?")
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To: UnwashedPeasant

We could burn all past episodes... throw in a few books while we’re at it...


106 posted on 06/26/2020 9:07:30 PM PDT by GOPJ (No one is above the law UNLESS you're black or a white Antifa - then you can burn, loot and destroy.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Simpsons Gene
https://youtu.be/CX9QifjODdk?t=137


107 posted on 06/26/2020 9:19:44 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound

BTW actors are doing roles written by others and are not really the characters they portray so they should all lose their jobs unless they are really rogue cops or crusading lawyers or doctors who are detectives on the side etc etc etc.


108 posted on 06/26/2020 9:30:39 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Veggie Todd

It will get worse.

Apu appears to be a Dravidian, a dark skinned South Indian. So the next evolution of this parsing of voice over roles will be prohibiting an Aryan, a light skinned North Indian, from voicing him. And certainly not a Kashmiri or a Bangala.

More generally, producers will have to pin down where their non-white characters come from. Will a young Chinese character be from mainland China, Taiwan (no, that place doesn’t exist), Hong Kong or is he or she US-born? If US-born, does their English reflect they went to CalTech or Harvard? (Because they are all wickedly smart.)

Is the actor/actress portraying the Hispanic properly vetted to ensure their accent reflects the specific origin of the character? Ditto for black actors; island characters require island origins to speak with an authentic accent. Can’t have a Barbadian attempting to pass for a Jamaican. And certainly not a white Jamaican trying to voice a black Jamaican part - even though the patois is the same.

Of course, this also could be applied to white actors. Well, no. Whites in the US (and more generally) are all inherent racists and everybody knows racists speak with the uneducated grammar and accent of either the Midwest or South. Yes, except for “Ally” whites. They, on the other hand, are all educated and come from the Northeast or Northwest. Or, better yet, Canada. No taint of slavery on them if they are from the woke liberal north.

It will become pointless for actors to study accents because everyone will be typecast according to their race. Everyone must stay in their race lane. That’s the way to eliminate racism.

When you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind.

Do not expect leaders, Hollywood, Broadway, politicians, etc., to lead on this one. Their spines have been removed.


109 posted on 06/26/2020 11:19:57 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: LouieFisk

Having voices at all is unfair to the deaf. We can all learn ASL and all our media can be silent with all dialogue in ASL, but that’s fair because the deaf can never hear.

While we’re at it, seeing people walk around on two legs must be a bummer for people confined to wheelchairs. We can make wheelchairs for everyone! Trump can invoke the Defense Make-Whatever-POTUS-Wants Act and force Tesla to make millions of self-driving wheelchairs. With batteries that only occasionally incinerate the occupant.


110 posted on 06/27/2020 2:45:55 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: Big Red Badger

I can’t remember...


111 posted on 06/27/2020 3:11:43 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ClearCase_guy

No, it just means they’ll need Ralph Northam and Justin Trudeau to play the roles.


112 posted on 06/27/2020 7:20:31 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: LouieFisk

I thot most of the characters were kinda pink with a brown mouth area.


113 posted on 06/27/2020 11:21:47 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Does this mean there will no longer be productions of “Hamilton!”?

Just because the producers of "The Simpsons" are acting stupidly why should the producers of "Hamilton" do the same?

114 posted on 06/27/2020 11:28:50 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ClearCase_guy
Does this mean there will no longer be productions of “Hamilton!”?


115 posted on 06/27/2020 11:30:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Veggie Todd

There goes the food network.


116 posted on 06/27/2020 2:12:08 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: LouieFisk

I’m sure it is just a coincidence that this will be their last season

Finally.


117 posted on 06/27/2020 3:24:19 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Jonty30

Not a one will give back the money or donate to a worthy charity.


118 posted on 06/27/2020 4:27:06 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Big Red Badger

The issue is never the Issue,
The issue is the
Revolution!


119 posted on 07/04/2020 2:44:57 PM PDT by Big Red Badger
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To: Big Red Badger

...The Issue is
The Revolution!


120 posted on 07/04/2020 2:46:03 PM PDT by Big Red Badger
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