The death of George Floyd triggered a real earthquake in the United States of America and the Black Lives Matter movement is continuing to make itself heard. And after the case of Gone With the Wind which was first removed from the HBO Max catalog and later put back with a video explaining that racism is wrong, now the ball has jumped into the world of cartoon dubbing.
In recent days, in fact, four historical white voice actors of four historical African American cartoon characters have resigned because (it seems of their own initiative) they find it unfair that a white person can dub a black character.
These are the cases of Mike Henry (voice of Cleveland de I Griffin), Hank Azaria (voice of Carl de I Simpson), Harry Shearer (you from Dr. Hibbert de I Simpson) and Jenny Slate (Missy’s voice of Big Mouth)
“It was an honor to play Cleveland for 20 years in Family Guy. I love this character, but black people should play black characters. For this, I will no longer play the role. “
What do you think of their choice?
Jenny Slate is leaving her role as Missy on @Netflix‘s #BigMouth: “Black characters should be played by Black people.” More: https://t.co/nNou886eJg pic.twitter.com/t5zpbIFk4A
— Shadow and Act (@shadowandact) June 24, 2020
It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role. pic.twitter.com/FmKasWITKT
— Mike Henry (@mikehenrybro) June 26, 2020
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