Dog-Eared Musings | we need to talk about accents & audiobooks (video essay) @DogEaredMusings | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
I was listening to the audiobook for Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy and, as has happened in other audiobooks, was hit by the screech of an interpretive accent...or to be more direct a fake accent.

Here is a short video essay discusing the topic and making pasta.


Recipe: bit.ly/3jubVp5

References
"'Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts': the secret life of the audiobook star"
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"Hearing Race: The Problem of Offensive Accents in Audiobooks | The Talking Book Program"
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“I Probably Modeled Him on Something I’d Heard on The Wire”
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The Guardian

The Problem with Apu by Hari Kondabolu
Available on HBO Max or Amazon Prime