{"id":25659,"date":"2020-06-26T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=25659"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:40","slug":"voice-actors-step-down-from-iconic-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=25659","title":{"rendered":"Voice Actors Step Down from Iconic Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05266cd63bd15453fb4c89994d620d04b0-26-Cleveland.2x.rsocial.w600-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05266cd63bd15453fb4c89994d620d04b0-26-Cleveland.2x.rsocial.w600-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05266cd63bd15453fb4c89994d620d04b0-26-Cleveland.2x.rsocial.w600-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05266cd63bd15453fb4c89994d620d04b0-26-Cleveland.2x.rsocial.w600-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05266cd63bd15453fb4c89994d620d04b0-26-Cleveland.2x.rsocial.w600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Still of Cleveland Brown via <em>Vulture<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the Black Lives Matter Movement, there has been a gradual shift in entertainment surrounding the representations of black Americans. Due to this shift, many voice actors have felt the need to step down from their roles in various cartoons because they are a different race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first major end to a character was of <strong>Mike Henry<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Cleveland Brown <\/strong>from both <em><strong>Family Guy<\/strong><\/em> and <i><strong>The Cleveland Brown Show<\/strong><\/i>. Henry has been voicing Cleveland Brown since his debut in 1999, making his 21-year stint with the character memorable to say the least. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry announced his retirement from the character via Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FmKasWITKT\">pic.twitter.com\/FmKasWITKT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Henry (@mikehenrybro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikehenrybro\/status\/1276631712949317639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry has not been the only person to be recast. This last week has also featured the loss of <strong>Jenny Slate <\/strong>as <strong>Missy<\/strong> from the hit Netflix show <em><strong>Big Mouth<\/strong><\/em> and <strong>Kristen Bell<\/strong> as <strong>Molly <\/strong>from the new Apple TV+ exclusive<i><strong> Central Park<\/strong><\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell voiced a mixed character where the creative team absolutely loved her, but she had the following to say in an interview with<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/06\/central-park-kristen-bell-no-longer-voice-molly-mixed-race-character-recast-new-role-on-apple-tv-series-1202969089\/\"> Deadline<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBut after reflection, Kristen, along with the entire creative team, recognizes that the casting of the character of Molly is an opportunity to get representation right \u2013 to cast a Black or mixed race actress and give Molly a voice that resonates with all of the nuance and experiences of the character as we\u2019ve drawn her. Kristen will continue to be a part of the heart of the show in a new role but we will find a new actress to lend her voice to Molly.\u201d<\/p><cite>Halsted Sullivan and Sanjay Shah via <em>Deadline<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-creator of <i>Big Mouth<\/i> <strong>Nick Kroll<\/strong>, along with the show&#8217;s producers, announced the change of representation of black characters in the show via Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buwhkbi5LD\">pic.twitter.com\/buwhkbi5LD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; nick kroll (@nickkroll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickkroll\/status\/1275884079368544256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenny Slate will no longer be portraying the bi-racial character after three beloved seasons on Netflix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of right now, this is a reform many shows are looking at following in the next weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nMany actors have stepped down from iconinc roles, including the likes of Cleveland Brown.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=25659\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Voice Actors Step Down from Iconic Characters&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":25678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,813,6,824],"tags":[3026,3024,3025,2976],"class_list":["post-25659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cartoons","category-entertainment","category-film-tv","category-world","tag-big-mouth","tag-family-guy","tag-the-cleveland-show","tag-voice-acting","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Voice Actors Step Down from Iconic Characters - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=25659\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voice Actors Step Down from Iconic Characters - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many actors have stepped down from iconinc roles, including the likes of Cleveland Brown. 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