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Old 05-22-2023, 02:31 PM   #3423
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
I think there are both good and bad narrators of every gender. That being said, I would say there's a slight advantage to the female narrators. But I much prefer the subtle approach of a Grover Gardner rather than those who try to completely change their voice for each character. (And I especially hate really BAD "American" accents from English narrators, who just don't get it right!)
My candidate for worst voice characterization ever is a double whammy, female voiced by male and American accent (Southern, too, which tends to be worst of all) voiced by a Brit. And it's by my favorite narrator of all time.

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Mrs. Wogan in Patrick O'Brian's Desolation Island, read by Simon Vance


It's... painful.
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