The Dream Soldier
Well, I just learned that Glenn Close played men in addition to female roles.
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Removing examples that should fall under Cross-Dressing Voices as so:
- Women, more often than not, have to provide the voices of pre-pubescent boys as the labor laws are less stringent and their voices do not get deeper while new animation is being produced.
- Nancy Cartwright on The Simpsons as Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, and Ralph Wiggum.
- Rugrats has Christine Cavanaugh playing Chuckie (replaced at one point by Nancy Cartwright), Kath Soucie as Phil (and Lil), and, later, Tara Strong as Dil.
- Ed Asner voices Granny Goodness, one of the Dark Seid's henchwomen in Superman The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited and Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
- King Of The Hill:
- Joseph was originally voiced by Brittany Murphy. When she left the show for a while, her main character (Luann) was written out, but they simply had Joseph go through puberty and handed his voice acting off to a male.
- Bobs Burgers reverses the women-as-boys trend, with both wife Linda and pubescent daughter Tina being played by men.
Also, is there any difference between Reasons 1 (All male Theater Troupes due to Moral Guardians) and 6 (All male University Troupes from back when only males could be students due to Moral Guardians) in the description? I am seriously considering combining these reasons and rearranging the others using words like "conversely" and "similarly".
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I'd go ahead and combine them. Also, #9 is pretty confusing. I think it should probably be rewritten to emphasize stuff like how the part of a boy might be played by an adult woman to avoid various "child actor" problems (hard to find good ones, child labor law complications, etc.)
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It's not just Original Cast Precedent in Chicago (the musical); Billy's summation ends with The Reveal that Mary Sunshine is really a man.
Re the note to Other Common Reasons 2: Usable vocal ranges seem to be determined by a combination of nature and nurture. Countertenors, aka adult male sopranos and altos (who in most cases can also sing in traditionally male ranges), are actually moderately common, and of course much prized in all male groups that include those voice parts (for example, Chanticleer) or to fill roles that are designated for a male. In groups/casts that include women, men are usually harder to find, and so not only are men expected to sing tenor and bass but fairly often female singers are impressed into singing tenor.