In my recent episode How to be Prepared to Give Your Opinion, I gave Bernice her voice, and Melvin as well. This was partially motivated by watching too many episodes of Family Guy and being awestruck that Seth MacFarlane could be the voice behind so many of the characters. The fact that he has made billions from the characters has nothing to do with it.
So far, results are mixed. On one hand, Candice says, “I love Bernice and Melvin.” On the other hand, Richard remarks, “Character voices make me feel like you’ve stopped talking to me and started performing. It removed the conversational feel.”
What do you think? Since no one’s offered me a $100 million contract yet (their loss), I don’t have a vested interest one way or the other.
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I like the voices. And it’s okay to be conversational some of the time, and perform at other times. Variety is a good thing.