XPost: alt.tv.simpsons, rec.sport.pro-wrestling   
   From: stephendame@rogers.com   
      
   "And we'll march day and night by the big Tortilla shell   
   We've got donde es voices, and you can go to hell."   
      
      
      
      
   "Kumar/w Harold"  wrote in   
   message news:c-Gdna6lvMPfg4PfRVn-sA@giganews.com...   
   > The actors who provide the voices for cartoon family The Simpsons in   
   Mexico   
   > went on strike on Wednesday.   
   > They say the dubbing company wants to cast cheaper actors from outside   
   their   
   > union, the National Actors Association.   
   >   
   > The actors picketed the offices of the company, Grabaciones y Doblajes   
   > Internationales, blocking entry to the non-union actors.   
   >   
   > "For now we have to keep up the strike there," said Patricia Acevedo, 45,   
   > the voice of Lisa Simpson.   
   >   
   > 'Lost ground'   
   >   
   > The actors normally start recording their parts in January but   
   negotiations   
   > between the union and the company have broken down.   
   >   
   > The company has said it is struggling to remain competitive because of the   
   > union's actions.   
   >   
   > "With attitudes like these, our country has lost ground for dubbing in   
   Latin   
   > America," the company said.   
   >   
   > Humberto Velez, the voice of Homer Simpson, has said he earns about 600   
   > pesos ($54, £28) per episode and felt obliged to stand up for his union.   
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