Dr. Henry Lee
TV is a beautiful invention. I've learned so much from watching TV. I watch science shows, forensics shows, surgery shows, shows about nature, shows about biology and psychology and law. Discovery Channel, Discovery Channel: Health, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet - they are my bread and butter.
One of my new favorite shows is "Trace Evidence: From the Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee". Dr. Henry Lee is a renowned forensic scientist. When I looked him up on the Internet, though, I got this article. Dr. Lee always speaks patiently in a voice heavy with an Asian accent. Everytime I see Dr. Lee on television, I have trouble suspending my disbelief that he always speaks in such a stereotypical manner. I don't believe it. It is just too much. Sort of like watching some famous African-American ballplayer on Leno or Letterman coming across like "Allen Iverson" -- You know what I mean. Really urban.
Or for a second, imagine a middle-aged country music star speaking to a sell-out crowd between songs at a concert. His speech is full of witticisms and country twang. The fella could fit right in on "Hee Haw." Now imagine this same fella' talking on the phone to an accountant. Suddenly "Onery Bill Johnson" sounds like ordinary "Mr. Bill Johnson" of Memphis, Tennessee. -- All that exaggerated southern accent is just gone, gone, gone.
But, c'mon. Does he always speak like that? In fractured English. Or is Dr. Lee having a bit of fun at our expense. What do you think?
Hey. Genius. Didn't the thought ever cross your mind that "Onery Bill Johnson" drops his accent because he doesn't want to deal with the bigoted likes of you? Or that those "really urban" ballplayers just talk like that? Because you do know that not everyone speaks like a whiny, spoiled, elitist, bigoted, suburban white Northerner. Or that Dr. Henry Lee lived in Taiwan until he was 30?
Fucking idiot.
One of my new favorite shows is "Trace Evidence: From the Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee". Dr. Henry Lee is a renowned forensic scientist. When I looked him up on the Internet, though, I got this article. Dr. Lee always speaks patiently in a voice heavy with an Asian accent. Everytime I see Dr. Lee on television, I have trouble suspending my disbelief that he always speaks in such a stereotypical manner. I don't believe it. It is just too much. Sort of like watching some famous African-American ballplayer on Leno or Letterman coming across like "Allen Iverson" -- You know what I mean. Really urban.
Or for a second, imagine a middle-aged country music star speaking to a sell-out crowd between songs at a concert. His speech is full of witticisms and country twang. The fella could fit right in on "Hee Haw." Now imagine this same fella' talking on the phone to an accountant. Suddenly "Onery Bill Johnson" sounds like ordinary "Mr. Bill Johnson" of Memphis, Tennessee. -- All that exaggerated southern accent is just gone, gone, gone.
But, c'mon. Does he always speak like that? In fractured English. Or is Dr. Lee having a bit of fun at our expense. What do you think?
Hey. Genius. Didn't the thought ever cross your mind that "Onery Bill Johnson" drops his accent because he doesn't want to deal with the bigoted likes of you? Or that those "really urban" ballplayers just talk like that? Because you do know that not everyone speaks like a whiny, spoiled, elitist, bigoted, suburban white Northerner. Or that Dr. Henry Lee lived in Taiwan until he was 30?
Fucking idiot.