In Do I Sound Gay?, director David Thorpe search for the orig of the so-lled "gay voice" and documents his own attempts (wh speech pathologist San Sank) to sound "ls gay."
Contents:
- FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
- WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
- “GAY” VOICE
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
* gay voice tutorial *
In Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of the "gay voice" stereotype. Is there such a thg as a "gay voice"?
For gay filmmaker David Thorpe, the answer to that qutn is plited. "There is no such thg as a fundamentally gay voice, " Thorpe tells Frh Air's Terry Gross. " In his new film, Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of that stereotype and documents his own attempts to sound "ls gay" by workg wh speech pathologist San Sank.
WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
"David was the first person who me to me who was upont right om the begng about soundg gay and what he wanted to do, " Sank tells Gross.
"I've always been self-nsc about soundg gay, " Thorpe adds.
“GAY” VOICE
" Thorpe scrib the gay voice as one characterized by a sibilant S and a high pch. "When I terview people, " Thorpe says, "they always say that to them the gay voice... " Interview Highlights On beg self-nsc about soundg gay Thorpe: I grew up the '80s, which was a ls acceptg time for LGBT people.