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Cartoon lives matter

28 June 2020

4:54 PM

28 June 2020

4:54 PM

Hollywood animators were thrown into chaos last week when white actors said they would no longer voice coloured characters.

Actors providing voiceovers for black characters from cartoons such as Family Guy and Central Park quit their roles in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

White actor Seymore Virtue, who voices a popular black cartoon character, told reporters: “Black Lives Matter and that includes black cartoon lives.

“I love playing the role, but unless animators use different coloured pencils, I cannot continue to be his voice.”

White actress Mia Snowflake said she had been wrong to accept the voiceover job as Sissy, a black...

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