Wondering if this is an autism thing, or a me thing:
When they cast an actor in a movie, in a speaking part, but then have someone else sing and the actor just lipsyncs it. It's jarring, it throws me out of the movie and all I can think is "that's not his/her voice, how am I supposed to go along with this?"
We're watching a musical. And an actor is lipsyncing to someone else singing.
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic hired them before they found out they can't sing or something? Something about who owns the song, maybe?
I think they always record in studio, not on set, like they didn't record JC Superstar in the desert. Sure they're not lipsyncing themselves, just poorly?
No, it's not an issue when the actor is lip-syncing to their own singing - their speaking voice matches their singing voice, and this is completely an audio thing. It's when the actor's speaking voice couldn't possibly be the one singing that it bothers me.
@ScottSoCal anyone I know, so I don't buy their album? 😘
The musical we're watching is The Greatest Showman. The actor playing Jenny Lynn isn't the one who sings. And, again, it's all done well - it looks like she's singing. It just doesn't sound like it, because the singing voice couldn't happen from her speaking voice.
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic for sure!