Can somebody explain today's Doonesbury?

[Thunderbeast]

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2019/09/22

[tblue37]

1. What part is unclear? Do you not know the Jimmy Thudpucker musician character? Do you not know

what vocal fry is? Do you not understand the idea of pretending a musician is dead so you can ask a radio station to highlight his music over an extended period, in hopes of ministering a career revival? Which part is unclear?

[cannabis_flower]

2. Hey,I didn't understand it either

And no, I don't know what vocal fry is and I haven't been keeping up all these years to know who Jimmy Thudpucker is.

[tblue37]

12. He's from early Doonesbury. nt

[customerserviceguy]

15. I had never heard the term

"vocal fry" until it was used in connection with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

There was somebody making fun of her speech pattern, here's the story:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/27/17911336/star-wars-voice-actress-rachel-butera-christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-hearings-sexism

[Thunderbeast]

4. No...to all of the above.

Thanks for the enlighenment.

[tblue37]

13. Your welcome. BTW, on rereading it seems my answer sounds snarky. I didn't mean it to be. I was just

trying to find out which part needed explaining.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I know what vocal fry is but had no idea what the rest of it meant.

Not everyone is conversant with all the nuances of pop culture.

[GeorgeGist]

6. All of it.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Such an enlightening answer. I'm sure it was appreciated by all.

[Shrike47]

3. I looked up fry. Apparently, a fad of speaking in a particularly low voice. Google it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Yes, it is a rough sound that occurs when people try

to make their voice sound lower than it's capable of. You hear it all the time, especially in the voices of young female celebrities and singers. It's an annoying affectation.

[Ron Obvious]

9. It also appears to be recent

So that it seems anachronistic to hear young women talk that way in a show that's supposed to be set in the past, like Mindhunter did recently.

[dawg day]

8. It's more annoying than that....

It's sort of droning and dragging out the syllables. Kind of nasal helps. Here's my favorite example, Daisy Haggard playing Myra on the show Episodes-- she's the one in the middle with the long hair.
Start at 1:10 to get the whole effect.

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[Skittles]

14. OMG, listen to young women doing commercials these days

it's all vocal fry, it is SO ANNOYING

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I think the Kardashians oularized vocal fry

Just another reason to hate them.

[UTUSN]

16. Not me!1