@TheSupremePatriarch
I don’t get it personally. Like in the Ducktales reboot, they said they couldn’t have Jim Cummings reprise Don Karnage, because they wanted an authentic “Spanish” voice actor for him. (Even though, Jim’s fake accent wasn’t necessarily Spanish, it was a mix of accents, and meant to be ambiguous. He wasn’t meant to be any “race”)
While the new guy wasn’t bad, and I’m all for diversity, and helping get minorities in the voice business, (I actually liked having Fenton/Gizmoduck being Hispanic now, in fact. Especially, because he still sounds similar to the old version, so they aren’t “Flanderizing” or obsessing on that aspect) but it does feel like they’re getting too strict about who can voice what solely based on their background, rather then if their voice suits a character.
It’s like saying that women shouldn’t voice li’l boys, or Neil Patrick Harris shouldn’t play hetrosexual roles, or that the Shredder (TMNT) can only be voiced by an Asian man. (Shredder was voiced by two black actors previously, and nobody took issue with that. Arguably, they were the best Shredders.)
Not to mention, voice actress Cree Summer has voiced both black & white characters, so honestly a person’s background shouldn’t influence their voice preformance.
And honestly, how is say an American-Indian man voicing Apu doing the same fake “stereotypcal” accent as Hank Azari make it better, or less “offensive?” (I’m still baffled people find Apu so offensive, especially sense he’s much friendlier & nicer then most Simpsons characters. Sometimes he’s nicer then Ned Flanders, who’s arguably become a stereotype, as well. Arguably, every Simpsons character is kinda a stereotype.)
I mean, I’m not offended by Applejack, Hank Hill’s, or Bunnie Rabbot’s fake accents, and I live in the south, and hardly anyone sounds like them where I live.
Sorry to rant, but I’m just saying voice actors/actresses shouldn’t be pigeon-holed like that, but at the same time, I’m still open to having some diversity, as well.