It’s not difficult at all to find a happy middle ground from Euro style racism that hates different people even amongst “white” people: If you don’t have to put prosthetics and/or loads of makeup on them just to match the (presumably normal human) character, then it’s fine to cast them.
I’m just trying to look at it as a complex issue. I don’t think there are simple lines to be drawn. I’m also not asking you for a definitive answer, so I apologize if that’s how it feels, that’s not my intention. I’m asking questions that I think are worth considering, and I could reasonably argue both for and against.
And I think voice acting is extra interesting. You don’t have to put prosthetics or makeup to change your voice. Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman. On Bob’s Burgers Tina Belcher is voiced by a man. The late great James Earl Jones voiced Darth Vader. The titular character of Samurai Jack, a Japanese samurai, is voiced by Phil LaMarr a black American.
Yea, I think whatever is totally fine in voice acting, so long as they are not being weird and just hiring a bunch of big names to get them on the poster board. I know I know, it happens a lot, and it’s not exactly something you could write a law over (without collateral damage anyways). It’s just super lame when they do it, IMO.
Would still definitely prefer native people of certain ethnicities to represent the character, like Apu, but that’s because I’d rather they get paid for the representation on screen, and I’d rather media contain accurate things and not go back to shitty fake accents.
If it’s a situation like Tina and the mom, I’d say that’s more of a creative choice than a representation thing. I’d rather IRL minorities get a job for a normal character than some big name person that doesn’t need the job.
You are really trying to hate on this idea…
It’s not difficult at all to find a happy middle ground from Euro style racism that hates different people even amongst “white” people: If you don’t have to put prosthetics and/or loads of makeup on them just to match the (presumably normal human) character, then it’s fine to cast them.
I’m really not trying to hate.
I’m just trying to look at it as a complex issue. I don’t think there are simple lines to be drawn. I’m also not asking you for a definitive answer, so I apologize if that’s how it feels, that’s not my intention. I’m asking questions that I think are worth considering, and I could reasonably argue both for and against.
And I think voice acting is extra interesting. You don’t have to put prosthetics or makeup to change your voice. Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman. On Bob’s Burgers Tina Belcher is voiced by a man. The late great James Earl Jones voiced Darth Vader. The titular character of Samurai Jack, a Japanese samurai, is voiced by Phil LaMarr a black American.
Yea, I think whatever is totally fine in voice acting, so long as they are not being weird and just hiring a bunch of big names to get them on the poster board. I know I know, it happens a lot, and it’s not exactly something you could write a law over (without collateral damage anyways). It’s just super lame when they do it, IMO.
Would still definitely prefer native people of certain ethnicities to represent the character, like Apu, but that’s because I’d rather they get paid for the representation on screen, and I’d rather media contain accurate things and not go back to shitty fake accents.
If it’s a situation like Tina and the mom, I’d say that’s more of a creative choice than a representation thing. I’d rather IRL minorities get a job for a normal character than some big name person that doesn’t need the job.