ElleStar, you're absolutely right. And I meant to make that point. As soon as you say wedding, the price increases. There's so much price gouging going on. If I ever do get married, I'm going to do my best to (posted to I Do Have a Wedding Problem)
It's so true. I remember thinking last week during the new Batman "Huh, it's a shame there are no women or black people in Gotham City that make any decisions. Good thing all these white guys are there to save (posted to Why are women useless in disaster movies?)
I remember when I first moved to DC being pleasantly surprised to hear a woman as the voice of Metro. And when they replaced her a few years ago, I really wanted another woman to take her place. A woman (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
I think its laziness on part of the industry more than anything. If you've noticed, the same voices have been doing every trailer for decades. And I mean the same 2-3, maybe 4-5 guys. It's not like there have been (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
At least in my neck of woods - northern Europe - public announcements are usually spoken by a woman. I mean things like subway station announcements: "This is the end of the line." The speaker's voice is civilized, pleasant and (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
brianna, seriously your logic is ridiculous. no one is going to hire a female voice over actor and have her shriek out a movie trailer, or an announcement that the train is arriving in the station, or whatever. to posit (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
Here in the Netherlands the recorded messages for trains and subways tend to have a female speaker, the live messages depend on the conductor. There is actually a good reason for that. The sound equipments in trains and on platforms (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
I don't really pay much attention to the train announcements, but yeah, I do believe that the voice-overs (station stops, end-of-the-line, and please-get-in-the-door-is-closing) are all female. Possibly because of the horrendous noise at peak hour, so the female voice can (posted to Unnoticed sexism: Movie Trailer Narrators)
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