Comments on: The Mecha American Plight http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B Carbaugh http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/comment-page-1/#comment-6327 B Carbaugh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:01:03 +0000 http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=400#comment-6327 There might be something to the sort of jowly 20's cheery thing...but Nixon O_o ? I guess I sort of him hear in a light Brooklyn accent, but I perceive him as white it's only because all the voices in my head when I'm reading are just slight mutations of my own inner narrator. There might be something to the sort of jowly 20's cheery thing…but Nixon O_o ? I guess I sort of him hear in a light Brooklyn accent, but I perceive him as white it's only because all the voices in my head when I'm reading are just slight mutations of my own inner narrator.

]]> By: B Carbaugh http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/comment-page-1/#comment-11693 B Carbaugh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=400#comment-11693 There might be something to the sort of jowly 20's cheery thing...but Nixon O_o ? I guess I sort of him hear in a light Brooklyn accent, but I perceive him as white it's only because all the voices in my head when I'm reading are just slight mutations of my own inner narrator. There might be something to the sort of jowly 20's cheery thing…but Nixon O_o ? I guess I sort of him hear in a light Brooklyn accent, but I perceive him as white it's only because all the voices in my head when I'm reading are just slight mutations of my own inner narrator.

]]> By: ScottVBK http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/comment-page-1/#comment-6325 ScottVBK Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=400#comment-6325 This makes me think of something I've been running through my head - Robo's voice. Voices seem to racialize characters in viewers' heads - nobody can listen to an Eddie Murphy-voiced character and consider him white, although that's an extreme example. So perhaps racial bias/identification appears in how readers hear Robo's voice in their heads. In my head, I always hear Robo's dialogue in a voice similar to Richard Nixon's. (For some reason an 80-year-old ass-kicking wise-cracking scientist robot just works well with a Nixon voice.) It's not exactly Nixon - certainly less old-man-itude, but enough to get across that Robo "grew up" in the 20s - but almost as deep and with that jowly inflection, just more cheerful. But Nixon-ish enough that the guy who played him on Futurama could probably do a perfect Atomic Robo voice to my ears. So I guess I perceive him as white by virtue of my voice for him being white? This makes me think of something I've been running through my head – Robo's voice. Voices seem to racialize characters in viewers' heads – nobody can listen to an Eddie Murphy-voiced character and consider him white, although that's an extreme example. So perhaps racial bias/identification appears in how readers hear Robo's voice in their heads.

In my head, I always hear Robo's dialogue in a voice similar to Richard Nixon's. (For some reason an 80-year-old ass-kicking wise-cracking scientist robot just works well with a Nixon voice.) It's not exactly Nixon – certainly less old-man-itude, but enough to get across that Robo "grew up" in the 20s – but almost as deep and with that jowly inflection, just more cheerful. But Nixon-ish enough that the guy who played him on Futurama could probably do a perfect Atomic Robo voice to my ears. So I guess I perceive him as white by virtue of my voice for him being white?

]]> By: ScottVBK http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/comment-page-1/#comment-11692 ScottVBK Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=400#comment-11692 This makes me think of something I've been running through my head - Robo's voice. Voices seem to racialize characters in viewers' heads - nobody can listen to an Eddie Murphy-voiced character and consider him white, although that's an extreme example. So perhaps racial bias/identification appears in how readers hear Robo's voice in their heads. In my head, I always hear Robo's dialogue in a voice similar to Richard Nixon's. (For some reason an 80-year-old ass-kicking wise-cracking scientist robot just works well with a Nixon voice.) It's not exactly Nixon - certainly less old-man-itude, but enough to get across that Robo "grew up" in the 20s - but almost as deep and with that jowly inflection, just more cheerful. But Nixon-ish enough that the guy who played him on Futurama could probably do a perfect Atomic Robo voice to my ears. So I guess I perceive him as white by virtue of my voice for him being white? This makes me think of something I've been running through my head – Robo's voice. Voices seem to racialize characters in viewers' heads – nobody can listen to an Eddie Murphy-voiced character and consider him white, although that's an extreme example. So perhaps racial bias/identification appears in how readers hear Robo's voice in their heads.

In my head, I always hear Robo's dialogue in a voice similar to Richard Nixon's. (For some reason an 80-year-old ass-kicking wise-cracking scientist robot just works well with a Nixon voice.) It's not exactly Nixon – certainly less old-man-itude, but enough to get across that Robo "grew up" in the 20s – but almost as deep and with that jowly inflection, just more cheerful. But Nixon-ish enough that the guy who played him on Futurama could probably do a perfect Atomic Robo voice to my ears. So I guess I perceive him as white by virtue of my voice for him being white?

]]> By: Avi http://www.atomic-robo.com/2009/02/19/the-mecha-american-plight/comment-page-1/#comment-6300 Avi Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:15:14 +0000 http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=400#comment-6300 I've never even thought of race in Atomic Robo comics before. It's not relevant. If we were talking about X-men, maybe. But Atomic Robo is about a robot who fights nazis and wizards. It's pure fun, it has nothing to do with social commentary on race. Just like Watchmen doesn't talk about religion. It's just not part of that particular story. I've never even thought of race in Atomic Robo comics before. It's not relevant. If we were talking about X-men, maybe. But Atomic Robo is about a robot who fights nazis and wizards. It's pure fun, it has nothing to do with social commentary on race. Just like Watchmen doesn't talk about religion. It's just not part of that particular story.

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