Teddy Duncan Has Another Reason To Be Embarassed About Her Mom

No thank you. It’s not law. Just an overreaching suggestion. But you do you.

— Leigh-Allyn Baker (@L_A_Baker) June 27, 2020

The clusterfuck weekend story is that the Russians offered bounties to the Taliban for American soliders and Trump was told/didn't do anything. This is just a little kick the baby (maybe the stupid tack-on kid that I still am annoyed they added) moment. Oh, she's also anti-vaxxer. Of course, she is. She felt a need to respond repeatedly. That's always a good idea. Well, "Teddy" still is okay -- she defended Dr. Christine Ford, who is a close relative.

This is a reminder that entertainers will include some people with unsavory thoughts. The original Buffy, e.g., has tweeted some pro-Trump stuff. Having "Amy" being an asshole about masks is a tad depressing. BTW, as a prelude to their delayed release of their first album in a long time, the Dixie Chicks not only dropped a music video in honor of protests that probably deserves consideration of some award but changed their name to "the Chicks." "Dixie" started in antebellum times but it does have a certain taint.

Seems a bit much but you know given their politics and all, understand them being careful. Plus, there is now a new thing where white people are stopping voicing non-white characters. A hazy line there might be interracial ones. I assume audiobooks will not all start to have group narration if the characters are a variety of colors?  No, the overall idea makes sense.  Why should some white bread actress voice a non-white animated character when there are a diverse number of non-white voice actresses to pick from?  Sometimes, you have a show like The Simpsons with a limited number of voice talent with a lot of characters, but a show of that nature also is such an institution at this point that you very well can have POC voice those characters.  Plus, it seems to have seeped into the writing. 

There is some ridicule of cosmetic changes, but these things do matter, which is suggested by how much attention it is given to those whose efforts are aimed at changing bigger wrongs.  Some are upset at the lengths taken to replace statues or something, but it is time we talked about these things, and any major fix is going to include line drawing debates. This is fine. We can handle it. Some years back, Melissa Harris-Perry (whose weekend show was worthwhile but left after disputes with management) honored an animated black girl doctor.  She is voiced by a black woman voice actress with a wide resume. It matters.  Disney Channel actresses (if not a current one) being anti-mask does as well.  Yes, they are but celebrities whose wisdom is mixed.  But, it is not novel or surprising they have cachet. 

Plus, I know it's silly on some level, I don't want the people I watch being assholes in real life. Guess it's my bad for checking Twitter on the weekend.