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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2020-06-27 18:41:43 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
   > Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:22:21 -0700 Travoltron  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The Simpsons on Fox will no longer allow white actors to voice non-white   
   >> roles — a decision that is likely to impact a range of beloved   
   >> supporting characters on the long-running animated series including Dr.   
   >> Julius Hibbert, Carl Carlson, Judge Roy Snyder, and the Bumblebee Man.   
   >>   
   >> “Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice   
   >> non-white characters,” Fox said in a statement on Friday. The move   
   >> follows a decision by Fox’s Family Guy to recast the role of Cleveland   
   >> Brown, a black character who was voiced by actor Mike Henry, who is white.   
   >>   
   >> The Simpsons already went through a racial upheaval earlier this year   
   >> when actor Hank Azaria bowed to growing pressure and announced that he   
   >> was no longer going to voice the role of Apu, the Kwik-E Mart   
   >> convenience store clerk who hails from India.   
   >>   
   >> On the series, Azaria also plays Carl Carlson, one of Homer’s work pals,   
   >> as well as the Bumblebee Man. Dr. Hibbert is voiced by Harry Shearer,   
   >> who also voices Judge Snyder.   
   >>   
   >> Hollywood studios have been working overtime in recent weeks to crack   
   >> down on content that might be deemed offensive or racist in the wake of   
   >> Black Lives Matter protests that continue to take place in cities across   
   >> the country.   
   >>   
   >> HBO Max pulled Gone with the Wind from its platform, only recently   
   >> allowing the classic film to return but with a historical trigger   
   >> warning about slavery. The police-themed series Cops on the Paramount   
   >> Network and Live PD on A&E were both cancelled.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile episodes of 30Rock, The Office, Scrubs, and It’s Always Sunny   
   >> in Philadelphia have been pulled from streaming platforms or re-edited   
   >> because they featured blackface.   
   >>   
   >> In the animated world, white actors have frequently voiced non-white   
   >> roles. But that practice appears to be quickly coming to an end.   
   >>   
   >> Actress Jenny Slate announced this week that she will no longer play the   
   >> role of bi-racial Missy on the Netflix animated series Big Mouth.   
   >> Kristen Bell is also stepping aside from playing Molly, a black   
   >> character on the animated comedy series Central Park on Apple TV+.   
   >   
   > But will they dub all the reruns, and cut off the nasty white people's   
   > residuals?   
      
   How they're going to voice Martians, Alpha Centurians, etc. Superman is   
   a Kryptonian, so they will have to find someone from Krypton to voice   
   his lines.   
      
   Then the stupidity will flow on to live-action shows / movies, so   
   things like Star Wars, Star Trek are going to have massive problems now.   
      
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