Subj : Re: What's happening with onscreen talent?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue May 21 2024 16:31:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

 pF> I'm shocked these days at the state of some on-screen and voice
 pF> talent. I mostly hear people in Podcasts, and man, if I were
 pF> going to be on a podcast as a subject matter expert, I'd work a
 pF> little bit on my voice.

 pF> This whole dropping mid-syllable "t" sounds done by younger
 pF> people ("Impor-Int") drives me crazy.

 pF> Adult women speaking on subject matters where they're brought on
 pF> as an authority, with vocal fry? Similar levels of frustration.

 pF> After seeing Katie Britt's rebuttal to the US "State of the
 pF> Union" address and hearing what sounded like emotional, breathy
 pF> "voice-cracking", I just heard a middle-aged teacher describing
 pF> how Khan Academy helped engage her students.

 pF> None of these vocal habits tend to instill trust or confidence in
 pF> people, unless the only game now is to mirror your audience's
 pF> style. I've noticed some people who I've followed for years
 pF> dropping their Ts may be evidence of this.

 pF> I don't want to go back to 1960s voice talent or Katherine
 pF> Hepburn's mid-atlantic accent,, but there's got to be a better
 pF> way of engaging with your audience.

The "onscreen talent" is just another reflection of society in general.  
Anywhere you want to check/look will produce the same revelations.  
People talk like thugs and illiterates because that's what the audience 
is becoming.  Just another indicator of the slow but steady erosion of 
our educational systems and values.  Not sure where it ends.



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