Wendell Pierce of The Wire voices Cleveland Brown


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Like numerous television episodes have been ripped of circulation on representations of Black face in recent weeks, the animated television space has also started to feature racism for a long time. Both Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell announced that they would be go down of expressing black characters in Big Mouth and Central Park, respectively, while The Simpsons Has promised not letting white actors express characters of color (and it only took 31 seasons!). Family man voice actor Mike Henry has Similary give up from his role in the long-running animated series, in which he plays Peter Griffin’s symbolic black friend. Henry, who also voiced the character in the spin-off. The Cleveland ShowHe announced his decision last week, saying, “I love this character, but people of color must play characters of color.” Therefore, I will leave office. ”

Not seem Family man He will have a hard time finding Henry’s replacement, as Wendell Pierce has graciously offered to step in. Pierce, who starred in the David Simon series The wire and Treme, launched a campaign to express Cleveland Brown on Twitter, making interesting reference The Cleveland Show, which ended after four seasons in 2013, instead of Family man. Either Pierce doesn’t realize the split is over, or he’s giving a humorous blow to Family man. Or maybe he hopes his cast will revive the spin-off, and honestly, why the hell not! Look, Wendell Pierce is here publicly. offering their services, and the creators of Family man It would be silly not to take it into account.

David Simon (hilariously) He signed Pierce’s offer for the role, and even offered to write the first half-hour episode in case he was chosen.

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