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| Tom Wagner |
 Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:01 am |
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This is an offshoot of June Foray's remarkable high standard of performance at 90+ years old:
Can you think of anyone else who has performed for so long at such a high standard? Is there a "shelf life" for voice actor voices or can they maintain a high level for as long as they can keep the "instrument" tuned?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:28 pm |
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Hard to say, really. Offhand, I can't think of anyone who's outdone June Foray's incredibly long run as a premium voice acting talent - but that's partially due to how ideally synchronized her life has been with the arrival and maturation of mass media enterprises requiring precisely such skills and talents to fully flourish and succeed in the English-speaking world. She was literally born into the age of electronic sound transcription, seemingly genetically destined to be "married to the microphone" as soon as she was grown enough to pick up a script and give voice to any character who could be liberated from the page and propagated into sonic production venues throughout the Industry, with extraordinary vibrance and impeccable performance craft. Many performers remain in good form over a long lifespan, but actively successful careers tend to run parallel to a more generalized Show Business Trend cycle - cresting and receding in a generational tide; lasting around 15 years. As I was once astounded to find that the entire "Golden Age of Radio" came and went within an approximate decade and a half of dominance (around 1938 - 1953), it became an apparent rule "of thumb" that people and trends rarely remain at their "peak of ripeness" for longer than that relatively brief period "in the sun"; as conditions of health, technology, and design/fashion standards run their course.
Though it is true that vocal performance attributes and qualities generally develop and decay more gradually than those of visual/physical perspective, a viable career can face limitations imposed by trends in style/fashion or cultural shifts which may be more or less welcoming to a particular skill set, depending on how readily an individual talent can adapt their fundamental tones and styles to transcend audience interests of its establishing era. This is why a career "tuned" to any "contemporary" era's style and tastes will rarely have much staying power; whereas one based on perennial performance techniques and timeless standards of showmanship, with continuous pursuit of excellence and attention to detail - can go on for as long as a performer remains in full possession of their faculties.
As the saying goes: Real Quality never goes out of style! |
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