'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening responds to racial casting flap

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'The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening addresses the controversy over the long-running animated series' white actors voicing characters of other races.

 

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Sotired of people crying race crap

Honestly, no one cares. I hate when the media tries to push a narrative. It makes people not take real concerns regarding people of color less seriously. Trust me, we don’t care about who does the voices of the Simpsons

Address the innappropriate Cultural Appropriation of your GMA & The View show hosts, please.

Oh oh better watch out now! Next thing you know Bart will have to be voiced by a man cause his voice is a woman voice actor ?!!! Her name is Nancy Cartwright ! If you want to be politically correct ?

All these comments from people pissed that Ariel was going to be played by a black girl. Shut up it was end of tweet.

Me: “why is there a picture of Steve Bannon with this Simpsons article?”

I am outraged that Bart’ voice is done by a female actor. As a white man I feel disenfranchised that a non-male is attempting to speak on my behalf!!! PS. That was sarcasm. People don’t have enough real problems if they think this is a big issue.

What's that called again when you give a job to someone else, even though the person who had it was REALLY good at it, simply because they were the wrong color?

For a minute I thought he was a cleaned up Steve Bannon...

If someone can mimic how I talk perfectly, so be it! As long as the voice actor is qualified, I don't give a fuck if he is white, yellow, brown .. sucks dicks or eat pussy .. 🤷‍♂️

Oh nooooo! You mean to tell me that those fake characters had fake voices! This is an outrage! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Get a grip, people. There are more important things to worry about.

... but isn’t saying a person of any race can’t do a voice over because they are of the wrong race racist? I’m an Indian American - I wear Wrangler jeans - cultural appropriation? Absurd yes?

Seriously, the US has much much bigger problems. Refer CPAC taking place right now. 'Cuckoo' doesn't quite describe it. Only one election away people. Focus your energy in the right direction. No one will care about who does voice overs when the far right GOP is in power again.

Got in the guys from Disney HR and legal?

Oh ffs I thought that was Steve Bannon for a second

Lenny = White Carl = Black

There is no controversy. ABC is creating a mountain out a molehill.

The insanity continues

Somehow it never bothered me that Bart had a female voice 😳💦

What difference does that make really we're talking about a voice are you trying to tell me that brat black people brown people yellow people don't have the same voices or wouldn't sound like white people it's a voice what the hell people

just get a decent haircut you weirdo.we're fed up with you trannies.

Damn, I thought Groening was Bannon for a sec.

Not many things worse than social justice warriors looking to get triggered about everything

Who cares, as long as the actor doing the voice does a good job of it

The whole idea of “acting” kind of gets thrown out the window when you can only play what you actually are.

Actors gonna act🙄🙄

All he needs to say right here is. It's my show I cast who I feel fits my vision of what I create this isn't based on race its based on talent and the ability to make that vision a reality.

Result of the impunity segregation by the BLM. Sad world

Actors on a cartoon. Yeah this is important.

Just cancel this as well

This is news?!? He has done this for year and years!! Fuck the people who want to change it!!!

Even after slavery ended and equality was proclaimed by law, African Americans were denied the right to vote.

Just leave it like that

Bow or else

Groening has nothing to explain. People who do voice overs can do voices of several races and genders. The racial complaint doesnt hold water in this case. Completely baseless.

Oooo just give it a break already

Oh ffsake

Apu...

its like the animated version of the old Amos & Andy radio show ..

My political party ends up being whoever aligns against dumb stuff like this

this is simply ridiculous. an actor is a actor. the essence of acting is to impersonate a character, despite gender, color.... remember tootsie; mrs. doubtfire: boys dont cry;

It's only a controversy because you made it one. Longtime fans did not care at all.

Wtf is wrong with people 🙄

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I’m digging Matt Groening’s new look. Kind of a “classy Steve Bannon”deal.

It's a cartoon. If you are REALLY the same color of Homer Simpson then see a doctor ASAP! 🤔🙄

Nonsense

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Pls help us

good luck

This was a layup. Come on, Matt.

TheSimpsons were never about white or black. They were about yellow. Only racist people see color and spread hateful racist views on others. Every show doesn't need one of each race...just like homes and towns don't have either.

I’m honestly pretty pissed they had a human voice Dory in Finding Nemo. Why didn’t they at least have a fish do it?

Ffs people it’s a cartoon.

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Ffs

Maybe they identify as a different race.

Matt Groening needs to do better.

Thus the profession “acting”?

😆🙄

I guess the point of acting is to be someone that you're not

There is ONLY ONE RACE of modern Humans!!!! Science & DNA prove this FACT. So this controversy is based on PURE IGNORANCE.

In Japan, they are already looking for a black actor to do the dubbing.

Another target 🎯 for theses hypocrites!

F*ing stop this racial shit already. Enough is enough. Move on!

I LOVE THE SIMPSONS! THE RACISM AND ALL! EVERYONE GETS A TURN TO BE RACIST OR DIFFERENT! KEEP IT COMING

I wonder how they feel about the black actor playing 'Hamilton' on Broadway.

Bart needs to be voiced by a child not a woman. Let’s get it all as authentic as possible.

What will Homer Simpson do this week?

Mel Blanc was neither a duck, pig or rabbit. When will this speciesm ever end?

What about female actors voicing characters of other genders? 🤔

STFU! NOBODY CARES ...except for snowflakes

So now only straight actors can play straight characters and gay actors can play gay characters and oh wait. Blonde actors can only do blondes and left handed actors can do left handed and Tom Cruise & Kiefer Sutherland can never act as someone taller than 5'8'. am I right?

And what’s wrong with that!

Omg I thought this was Steve Bannon at first 😂

Okay so we (as in black people) seriously do not care. I do not feel unrepresented because no black persons voiced black cartoons. Who is stirring up this nonsense?

WHO CARES !!!!! ......just stop drinking CocaCola !!!!!

Holy shit I thought that was Steve Bannon

SEE DISENCHANTMENT season 1 ep 12 he so racist you delusional baiters

It seems now a days there is something wrong with everything. Should people still make the voices for animal characters too? The day will come when the animal kingdom will awake and rise... mark my words!

So many nowadays gets so damn butthurt over every damn thing. Everything is racist. Everything is offensive. Omg get TF over yourselves. 🙄

I think that's why they're called actors.

Such a waste of time

'Hollywood is addressing its racist past'? What about its racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic present? What about the penchant for placing blacks and latinos in criminal roles? What about glorifying smoking and the drinking of hard liquor - really nice for teens, eh?

How about British actors pretending they are Americans?

Oh brother.

As a potential person of an 'other race', I don't see the issue?

Oh dear god! Stop this bullshit.

It's racist to require actors to be of a certain race to voice characters of a certain race.

If you have a problem with who voices characters on a cartoon you have problems.

This is the clown world utopia they wanted. 🤡🌎

They r voice actors !!!

I am damn tired of those white actors providing cartoon voices. Only animated characters should portray animated characters!

After 30+ years...

What about his involvement with Epstein island?

good

Groening rhymes with Complaining

bfd, show me one minority in the real world who actually cares

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