On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... a nobody. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110426/media_nm/us_aflac > > One assumes the vetting process was greater than that of a Supreme > Court Justice, because if this guy turns out to be anything but > perfect, Aflac will have massive PR problems. > > He recreates Gilbert's raspy shriek rather well (near flawlessly to my ears), but I disagree with the contention that such fidelity would have been even necessary. All that was necessary would be someone to sound something like a 'Donald Duck' if the goal was continuity. People would not have noticed if the duck sounded slightly different. (And they could have even gotten mileage from playing up Gilbert's dismissal by casting something completely opposite -- a melodious voice.) It's not like trying to cast for a character with an actual personality as exhibited by a long body of work. It probably would be harder to recast the Geico gecko today, as he now has a personality and a voice keyed to it. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
