In response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, the entertainment industry has done some serious reevaluating of their practices in regards to race. Perhaps most specifically is the decision by several animated television programs to replace white voice actors playing people of color with voice actors of the correct ethnicity...
Harry Shearer, one of the main voice actors on The Simpsons, announced last week that he would be retiring. What?!? How will we watch the show without Mr. Burns? Without Lenny? Without Flanders?!?
Calm down! It seems Shearer isn’t the end-all, be-all of voice acting. Brock Baker does impressions and it looks like he’s mastered most of Shearer’s Simpsons characters. Watch the video – actually, don’
from James L. Brooks' lawyer: "show will go on, Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best.". (1/2)
— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) May 14, 2015
The cartoon that's been on for maybe too long, The Simpsons, has been renewed for another 22 episodes, but unfortunately, Harry Shearer won't be a part of it! This means Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders are out?