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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
I listed to a dramatic reading of Ann of Green Gables and the woman reading Diana Berry's dialog was up in years, and it pulled me out of the story every time she spoke. Hearing a 14-15 year old girl sounding like my grandmother was just jarring.
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I remember when I wanted a comfort listen while recovering from eye surgery and got
The Prisoner of Zenda narrated by Bernard Mayes. That crotchety old man voice couldn't have been wronger for the dashing Rudolf Rassendyll! Back it went to Audible. I ended up with the Librivox version which was fine.
There was an article in the
Guardian today about
The Simpsons which observed how many of the voices have gotten too old for the characters.