Follows Rick and Mortini Won another Emmy for an animated program today, Co-producer / EP Dan Harmon has been asked to address the controversy over white actors for color characters that have captured the TV animation world over the past few months.
Separated from Kristen Bell in June Playing Molly’s mixed race character On HBO Central Park, “Casting a mixed-race character with a white actress damages the uniqueness of the mixed-race and black American experience,” he said on Instagram.Anne Slate returned to raise the voice of the Bystier character Missy On Netflix Big mouth. Mike Henry said he would no longer hear Cleveland’s voice On Fox Family person, And of Fox The Simpsons Announced that It will not have the voices of white actors, non-white characters Go ahead
George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police led to his exit between the racial justice count in Hollywood and across the country. Iyo Idebiri replaced the slateE is Big mouth, While Bell had a role Reunion with Amy Raver-Lampman. Bell will be on the show in a new role of TBD.
“The point is, they call it a whitewashing thing if you do, it lasts for a while,” Harmon said during a Creative Ames virtual backstage. “The wave has reached the point where it is now huge, but we stay in that water for a while. And I – not out of nobility, but out of practicality – I always keep in mind that there are a lot of artists out there; If we say he’s a character, he’s an important part of a certain background, the best way to do this is to find an actor from that background. “
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He added: “But it goes into this weird question, ‘What if you don’t get an actor from that group for the purpose of presentation?’ Or ‘What if that actor is the worst actor in the world?’ Those conversations are minefields. The best thing people with privileges can do is not try to logically figure out, take a flyer; it sure doesn’t feel like it’s the right thing to do. Someone casts someone who doesn’t look like that.
“He’s not throwing anyone under the bus who’s doing it, because it’s been normal for so long.” Rick and Morty EP continued. “We’re privileged because we have a science show and three-quarters of the characters are from different planets.”
EP Scott Murder added, “I support the movement, and I think it is moving in the right direction.”
Rick and Morty Voiced by Justin Rowland, co-creator / EP of the series, one of the title characters named Rick has been called, whose last name is Sanchez. Nevertheless, his background has never been discussed.
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