Read something to the effect that he gave his permission but isn't exactly a fan
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
struggling to see how it's in any way racist, assuming the guy in the ads is also the voice actor?
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
this all Compare the Meerkat's fault basically (were those racist?)
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
i think they might be, yeah
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Accent. Verbal blackface.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
okay, really?
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Well, *I* find it creepy and tasteless, and that's what I come up with.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
morgan freeman's voice is neither an "accent" nor "verbal blackface"
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
he has a very slight twang because he's from Memphis
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
That is not Morgan Freeman's voice, and the attempt to sound like him is based primarily on accent and very little on the other aspects. And that is not simply regional.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
his voice is much more distinctive than his accent, which imo is quite soft?
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
...and it's the other way around for the voice-over guy, which is my point, and I hope someone not on a gotcha quest knows what I'm talking about.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
gotcha
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't say the accent is particularly over-the-top or more pronounced than the "I am imitating Morgan Freeman" part of the voice
where are you from, TWU?
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
We don't agree. I'm from the Baltimore/Washington area.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
So anyone doing an impression of Darth Vader is guilty of verbal blackface?
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
No.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
I just don't get then why doing an impression of Morgan Freeman is considered such.
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
because morgan freemans face is black and under the mask vader is white
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cinemaqueer.com/movie%20images/chasinghooper.jpg
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
I thought the white guy in the ad and the guy doing the voice impression were different guys and that More Than could have had anyone playing Morethan Freeman but chose to have that guy who bears no resemblance to the guy we normally associate with that voice.
I don't necessarily think that's racist (that's why I'm here, it's what this thread is occasionally for) but if he isn't the voice guy I would be interested in More Than's reasons for casting him.
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
hmm, i'm only assuming it's the same guy because, well yeah, why else.
If we were to find out that the actual voice actor was asian, can we lock the thread?
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
nah it's this guyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbIqL-lN1B4
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i've just been searching. as you were.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Robert_Thompson
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really think it's racist tbh but this thing of turning a terrible pun on a company name into a crap ad character has to stop
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
it makes u remember, it will never stop
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's nice to get the occasional "no" in an "is this racist?" thread
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
tbf it's often a 'lady, if you have to ask....' issue
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of ladies in the current discussion.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
i thought everyone itt was a lady and that is literally why i said that, my bad
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
the voice over sounds like someone doing a very bad imitation of morgan freeman, cannot BELIEVE someone landed that job with that voice, smdh
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
guy at bbq restaurant wearing shirt:"My Indian Name Is Runs With Beer"
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
I think this is one of those situations where claiming something is racist is more offensive than the thing itself
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
frogbs noooooooooooooo
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
down the brer rabbit hole
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/10/22/f16399cf-95c0-4785-974c-4fd1ba68848e.jpg
― flag post sitta (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
frogdude, you have made me laugh hard twice today and i want you to succeed at ilx so i wish you would reconsider participating in this thread
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
cmon guys, we're all friends here :sunglasses:
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied, I get the sense that people are freaking out solely because of subject matter and not because of what was actually said
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/silverchair/album-frogstomp.jpg
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied
yeah it crossed my mind that it could be read that way - i was hoping it was clear i wasn't saying the guy was doing a "black voice" but was doing the voice of a notable and famous black man.
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
― pplains
― Three Word Username
But, but, that's the voice of James Earl Jones!
― Aimless, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
vader was white btw
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Are the people in the Star Wars movies humans?
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
TWU baldly stated that he thought dude was doing a "black voice", though; that was the post that caused my reaction and, while I can't speak for frogbs, I thought he was just piggybacking off of the existing conversation.
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of dying here because I ended up on some odyssey of jumping through "related videos" on youtube last night and ended up watching a segment about the guy who voiced the baby on the tv show Dinosaurs, who also voices Elmo, and is a large black man
So when I read "black voice" I am thinking Elmo atm
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Kevin Clash. There's a fascinating recent documentary on him called Being Elmo.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
it is true that james earl jones is black, but it's only verbal blackface if you're impersonating a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
can we stop using the phrase "verbal blackface", it is seriously killing me bit by bit
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
ha
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link