If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
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The Simpsons star Harry Shearer has suggested that the recasting of Dr Hibbert has “affected” his former character.The actor was replaced in the role by Kevin Richardson in 2021, after the long-running animated sitcom decided the year before that white actors would no longer voice non-white roles in the series.Shearer previously voiced Hibbert, who is Black, from the show’s inception, and in a new interview with The Times reflected on the change.“Folk say the show has become woke in recent years and one of my characters has been affected,” he said. “I voiced the Black physician, Dr Hibbert, who I based on Bill Cosby.
Back then he was known as the ‘whitest black man on television’.“Then, a couple of years ago, I received an email saying they’d employed a Black actor, who then copied my voice. The result is a Black man imitating a white man imitating the whitest Black man on TV,” he added.The show had previously come under fire over white star Hank Azaria’s voicing of Indian-American character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, which was highlighted in 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu by Hari Kondabolu.
In it, the comedian argued that the character was an offensive stereotype to people of Indian descent.Azaria stepped away from the role, and later apologised, telling Dax Shepherd’s Armchair Expert podcast in 2021: “I’ve had a date with destiny with this thing for about 31 years. Part of me feels like I need to go around to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologise, and sometimes I do when it comes up.”Apologising to the podcast’s co-host Monica Padman, an Indian-American woman, he added: “I know you weren’t asking for that, but it’s important.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
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The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria is starting his own Bruce Springsteen tribute band, named Hank Azaria & The EZ Street Band.The actor and comedian, known for voicing characters including Moe, Apu and Chief Wiggum, will lead the band for the first time on August 1 at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge, with all profits going to the Four Through Nine Foundation, a social justice charity. Get tickets for that show here.The band have said they will play a “setlist packed with Springsteen classics and deep cuts, delivered with Azaria’s unique flair and the band’s top-notch musicianship.”Azaria himself has said: “I’ve never worked harder preparing for any role than I did in perfecting a singing vocal impression of Bruce.
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three-day tour of Nigeria with husband Prince Harry.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned home last week with over 20 presents from their trip — with gifts ranging from artwork and clothing, to jewelry and literature.“It was such warm hospitality and it was a really meaningful trip,” the “Suits” alum, 42, told People.“It was incredibly memorable and special. That alone is the best souvenir to take with us — all the memories we’ve made,” added Markle, who referred to Nigeria as “my country” during her visit.Since the pair are no longer senior working members of the royal family, they were allowed to accept the many gifts they were given during their brief visit to the West African country.The Sussexes, who quit royal life in 2020, were invited to Nigeria by the country’s chief of defense staff — its highest-ranking military official.Elsewhere, Harry told the outlet that the trip was important for the couple and for the Invictus Games as a whole.“Always nice to be on the move, in a sense, but also these trips are about us being able to go out and go and focus on the things that mean so much to us and support the causes that are close to our heart,” he said.
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Harry Shearer voices many characters on The Simpsons and was recently replaced as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harry Shearer has voiced dozens of characters on Fox’s “The Simpsons,” from Mr. Burns to Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner, but he was replaced as the voice of Springfield physician Dr. Hibbert when producers of the show vowed in 2020 to no longer have white actors voice characters of color.
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Mother’s Day. The Duchess of Sussex, 42, was in Nigeria with her Duke to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Invictus Games. The couple visited the South African country to champion the multisport Paralympic-style games for wounded or injured servicemen and veterans founded by Harry, 39.
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