The Simpsons Will Not Have White Actors Voicing Characters Of Colour Anymore
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Highlights
- Ultimate January Hank Azaria introduced that he was once leaving behind the position
- The exchange may even impact the nature of Dr Hibbert
- The verdict came about after Mike Henry gave up his position in Circle of relatives Man
Los Angeles:
The Simpsons will now not use white actors to dub ethnic minority characters, the manufacturers of the long-running animated sequence introduced Friday.
The verdict features a routine persona from the sequence, introduced in 1989 — Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a grocer of Indian starting place voiced within the American model of the display through white actor Hank Azaria.
The nature has lengthy been observed as problematic and conveying racist stereotypes. Ultimate January Azaria introduced that, in settlement with manufacturers, he was once leaving behind the position.
“Transferring ahead, THE SIMPSONS will now not have white actors voice non-white characters,” Fox Studios mentioned in a commentary to AFP.
The exchange may even impact the nature of Dr Hibbert, a person of color dubbed through the white actor Harry Shearer who additionally lends his voice to many different characters at the sequence — from Homer Simpson’s boss Mr Burns to the chirpy neighbor Ned Flanders.
The announcement got here as Mike Henry, the white actor who voices the nature of Cleveland Brown, a person of color, in Circle of relatives Man, every other animated sequence produced through Fox, introduced on Twitter that he was once giving up the position.
“It is been an honor to play Cleveland on Circle of relatives Man for 20 years. I like this persona, however individuals of colour must play characters of colour. Due to this fact, I will be able to be stepping down from the position,” he wrote.
It is been an honor to play Cleveland on Circle of relatives Man for 20 years. I like this persona, however individuals of colour must play characters of colour. Due to this fact, I will be able to be stepping down from the position. pic.twitter.com/FmKasWITKT
— Mike Henry (@mikehenrybro) June 26, 2020
US is in the course of a counting on systemic racism and discrimination ignited through the killing of George Floyd, an African American guy, through a white police officer in Minneapolis on Might 25.
