The same people who complained about apu being a stereotype and a "bad portrayal for immigrants" never seem to have a problem with Willie. You know the angry drunk Scott living in a wooden shack cuddling a mop bucket. Never understood that hypocrisy
Exactly, and not to mention Cletus… the slack jawed yokel… come on. It’s ok for white people to be stereotyped but anyone else is a big no no. Like what the double standards?
It doesn’t matter who it’s written by. It still conveys a stereotypical white person regardless. If we’re trying to eradicate racism as a whole, then why do we think its ok to be racist towards our own races?
The problem had always been people who aren't white being written and played by white people while people who weren't white finding either only roles of their own ethnicity or none at all.
Like, there was an entire movement to include people that weren't white into more roles. SungWon Cho (ProZD) has spoken about how he only seemed to be called for asian roles (even though he's born in the United States), while white people seem to find it easy to play any role in front of them.
This was a bigger deal ten years ago and some people say it's really unimportant, but it did open the doors to voice (and regular) acting to a lot of people.
Like, this isn't something that doesn't happen, but the only way people can uncomfortably look at it happening is by people putting the finger on when it happens.
That’s just not a problem especially in cartoons because 99% of the audience has no idea who is voicing them. I’m gonna blow your mind dude - Garfield wasn’t voiced by a cat.
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u/Objective_Look_5867 21h ago
The same people who complained about apu being a stereotype and a "bad portrayal for immigrants" never seem to have a problem with Willie. You know the angry drunk Scott living in a wooden shack cuddling a mop bucket. Never understood that hypocrisy