You haven't been in blackface threads over the years since the old place and here, lots of excuses for it!Just now learning about this.... what the fuck. Its basically black face. I'm stunned at the poll results in this thread.
It's so obviously Laura Bailey missing the mark with an accent that she's not familiar with.Wow, I never knew Laura Bailey was the voice of Nadine. That pretty much perfectly encapsulates the diversity problem in the VA business lmao
LOLYou mean Marvel's Avengers: Featuring The Cast of Critical Role?
Druckmann can do no wrong now since he dunked on some alt right trolls apparently.Can't believe the poll is actually not skewed more for the "No" option rather than "Yes". That's ND on ERA I guess.
There are white people in South Africa who (of course) speak with that accent. This may have been an inappropriate decision in many ways but this isn't black face or doing a "black voice" or anything like that.Just now learning about this.... what the fuck. Its basically black face. I'm stunned at the poll results in this thread.
I get why it happened. Apparently they didn't have Nadine's design finalized and weren't even sure if she'd be white or black until after casting. But yeah, it's not a great look.
I still can't believe how few people cared that they did this at the time.
She also voices Chun-Li, a Chinese woman, in most forms of media (MvCI & Teppen aside) for over a decade (no accent, though).laura bailey also voiced chinese woman faye lee in binary domain, and yes, faye lee has an accent.
You mean Marvel's Avengers: Featuring The Cast of Critical Role?
At least in the case of Avengers, Laura has been voicing Black Widow for damn near a decade at this point (with Natasha's EMH actress, Vanessa Marshall, now doing Gamora). Same for Thor regarding Travis Willingham, even though Travis has since moved away from the role outside of Marvel's Avengers. If you were referring to Iron Man or Hulk, you all would have a point.
Personally, I think a black woman should be given that role and the role not only be recasted but they should go back and revoice those scenes.
otherwise this is going to hang over those games every time they are re-released or talked about in the future.
Druckmann pointed out at the time this came out that a white character was voiced by a black actor but that did little to assuage people's misgivings.
I get why it happened. Apparently they didn't have Nadine's design finalized and weren't even sure if she'd be white or black until after casting. But yeah, it's not a great look.
A video game character that is white that is being played by a black (person of color) actor is okay.
A video game character that is a person of color being played by a white actor is -not- okay.
This Druckmann guy truly is an idiot if he actually used what you said as a deflection to the issues.
Damn, she's the Scarlett Johansson of video game VO lollaura bailey also voiced chinese woman faye lee in binary domain, and yes, faye lee has an accent.
Doesn't TLOUS2 and TLOUS kinda have another problem with whiteness too?
All major black characters get killed violently.
She's not even very good in the role, the accent is iffy at best. I really don't get anyone that's like "I couldn't tell it was her!" when it was super obvious.
Probably the worst South African accent attempt by a white person since DiCaprio in Blood Diamond.
That meet the voice-cast "reveal" from The Avengers game has to be one of the most embarrassing E3 moments.
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and said she was better than actual SouthAfrican black women
lolProbably the worst South African accent attempt by a white person since DiCaprio in Blood Diamond.
Thinking about systemic issues doesn't seem to be Neil's strong suit as a writer. Apparently TLOU2's story and themes of revenge came from him accidentally seeing footage of a lynching as a kid. Like, bro, lynchings weren't a matter of personal grudges and revenge.It's such a bad excuse, though. The character is South African. If you chose to create a character who's a mercenary from South Africa, you fucking know whether your character is black or white because it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a character who grew up in the '80s in South Africa without apartheid having an effect on the way they view the world.
If Neil somehow didn't think about that, that's a writing failure on his part.
I'm sorry, but I don't see the problem. I thought hey voice fit the character great. I have a problem when the voice doesn't sound right for the role, though.
She's not even very good in the role, the accent is iffy at best. I really don't get anyone that's like "I couldn't tell it was her!" when it was super obvious.
Probably the worst South African accent attempt by a white person since DiCaprio in Blood Diamond.
It's sort of ridiculous that Bailey, sorta like with Baker, does all these roles anyway.
Yeah that's one of the reasons I'm not interested in that game. I don't dislike any of the VAs they picked, it's just that... you know... why pick all of those that we hear everywhere?
Laura had an interesting take on the situation as well:
"It wasn't until we had rehearsed and arrived for our first day of filming that I saw the concept art for Nadine. One of the very talented artists at Naughty Dog had come up with a beautiful design for her, and it happened to look… very different than me. And that was difficult. Not because it changed anything about my performance. Nadine was the same woman. She had the same background, the same personality, the same strength. But suddenly, because she had a different skin color than I did, there was a chance some would deem my portrayal unacceptable.
But at that point, what's worse? Choose that beautiful design the artist created knowing there could be backlash because they had already cast a non-black actress? Or change the design entirely out of fear and lose the opportunity to have a strong character of color in the game? I guess I don't know if there's a right answer to that. All I can say is, I think she's one of the most badass people I've ever had the honor to play and I'm so proud to have worked on Uncharted 4."
yeah, this poll is unbelievable.Lol at that poll. If this wasn't Naughty Dog they would be destroyed everywhere for doing this. It was fucked then, it is even fucked now when you guys go all #BLM on your social's while saying A WHITE WOMAN PLAYING A BLACK ONE IS FINE. THE NAUGHTY GOD CAN'T DO NO WRONG #GODS.