'Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people,' Jenny Slate wrote in announcing her departure from 'Big Mouth'
Jenny Slate will no longer be voicing a mixed-race character in the Netflix animated series 'Big Mouth.' has announced she will no longer voice the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a young mixed-race girl on the animated comedy "Big Mouth."
In the open letter, Slate told her 894,000 followers that her original reasoning for accepting the voiceover job was "flawed" and "an example of white privilege," but she now realized that continuing to voice the character would mean she was "engaging in an act of erasure of Black people." The 38-year-old star, who also appeared in "Parks and Recreation" and film "Obvious Child," went on to say that "ending my portrayal of 'Missy' is one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions."
Slate signed off the message by vowing to be more "thoughtful about the messages in my work" and apologized to those she had hurt.In a joint statement posted on Twitter, "Big Mouth" creators Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett said they supported Slate's decision and planned to recast the role with a Black actor.
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