Pinocchio gay voice

His delivery of the character’s signature catchphrase, “I’m a real bad bitch,” has become a viral sensation on social media.

It’s worth noting that the Yassified Pinocchio character has sparked some controversy, with some members of the LGBTQ+ community criticizing it for perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Pauly Shore, known for his eccentric comedy and unique voice, has taken on the role of Pinocchio in the upcoming animated film “Pinocchio: The True Story.” This casting announcement has led to fans questioning whether or not the character will be portrayed with a gay voice.

The term “gay voice” has recently come into the spotlight as more and more people recognize the distinct inflections and speech patterns commonly associated with the LGBTQ community.

Just because a character has a certain vocal inflection does not mean they accurately portray or understand the LGBTQ identity. Since the release of the film’s teaser trailer, many have been quick to identify similarities between Shore’s voice and a stereotypical “gay voice.”

There is no confirmation that Pinocchio will be portrayed with a gay voice in “Pinocchio: The True Story,” but even if he is, this does not necessarily mean that the LGBTQ community will be accurately represented.

We’ll unpack that in a moment, but the first of these projects to drop a trailer has made a splash thanks to the titular puppet sounding…yassified, if you will.

In the trailer for Pinocchio: A True Story, he is voiced by veteran comic and voice actor Pauly Shore. The singer Scott Hoying posted himself lip-synching to the audio with the caption “Pinocchio!

He credits that project with leading to his upcoming appearance in Pinocchio: A True Story (which was also made in Russia), though he says he has no idea why Lionsgate asked him to take on the role. 

“Most of the time when people ask me to do voiceovers, I do them,” he adds. Historically, these patterns were seen as an obstacle for acceptance and representation.

It is not uncommon for Disney to change the voice of characters when remaking their classic films. And that’s what I did, or tried to do.”

With Pinocchio set to drop next month, Shore is already looking to future projects. “If you ask me what’s on the top of my list, that’s on the top of my list.

Shore says he was “flattered” by the video, and later posted his own lip-synching version that got nearly one million views. “[I’ve] been around the gay community my whole life.”

Since appearing in the Lionsgate film Guest House in 2020, Shore says he’s maintained a relationship with the studio, doing multiple voiceover roles for their films, including a part in the English-language version of the Russian film My Sweet Monster.

It’s a trailer that would normally go relatively noticed, if not for the voice.

Yassifying Pinocchio might work in Lionsgate’s favour — after all, they have to work to set the film apart from the three other completely separate Pinocchio projects coming out this year.

That’s right in 2022, we’re getting four Pinocchio films.

When Shore — the legendary actor and comedian who starred in a slew of Nineties hits from Biodome to Encino Man — was initially approached about the role, he thought the message might’ve been an error.

“I made my manager read the email two or three times,” he tells Rolling Stone.

The trailer for Pinocchio: A True Story (which releases on DVD and VOD March 22) starts about the way you’d expect: with a shot of the elderly puppet-maker Geppetto lovingly crafting the movie’s eponymous wooden puppet while making gentle, parent-friendly jokes about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. “With A Goofy Movie years ago, I never knew it was going to be this big cult classic, with the whole Leaning Tower of Cheeza stuff.

Although the voice has an undeniable Weasel-esque quality, he denies receiving any particular direction to that effect, saying he tried to make the character “silly and wacky and young and fun.” “Look at Robin Williams,” he notes. The answer? A veteran actor he may be, 54-year-old Shore has certainly made some choices in his latest voice work for the famous adolescent wooden puppet.

First posted on the Cringetopia Subreddit, the cursed clip from the trailer has been making the rounds on Twitter and TikTok over the weekend.

While Pinocchio is not Shore’s first foray into animation — he famously originated the role of Bobby Zimuruski, the Cheez Whiz-obsessed AV kid in Disney’s A Goofy Movie — a guy who made his name on MTV adopting the persona of the laid-back slacker himbo “The Weasel” doesn’t seem like the most obvious choice to play the lead character in a classic children’s story. 

Shore found out the trailer was going viral a day before our call, when his friend Joey texted him a clip he’d seen on TikTok of someone mimicking him.

(His mother, Mitzi Shore, who died in 2018, owned the comedy club).

He says he’s open to doing sequels or reboots of his most popular films, such as Biodome (which he says he is asked most often about) or Encino Man, though as of now there are no immediate plans to do so. He’s working on a four-part docuseries about the Nineties, as well as a memoir titled How’d You Expect Me To Turn Out? and aone-man show coming to New York City in April, which he characterizes as “my version of Mike Tyson’s Undisputed Truth,” about his childhood in Beverly Hills and growing up against the backdrop of L.A.’s legendary Comedy Store.

Just to have a director say, ‘I’m gonna give this guy a shot that’s not what most people would expect, but that I would expect,’ because they see that.