you know what's a thing?

[fox]

i notice this in manchester and also in noel -- the actors? their voices are different in the commentary than in the show.  not all of them, but at least it's true of allison janney and bradley whitford -- their real voices are so much (frankly) pleasanter than CJ's and josh's.  smoother and less harsh, you know?

mmm, vocalists.

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[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

BTW... I thought of you last night while watching Commander in Chief and West Wing... apparently someone's been reading your rants about red heads 'cause on CiC Geena's got red hair and the AG has reddish hair as well... but on West Wing they have died CJ's hair a god awful color...

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

Allison Janney speaking as herself is a lot bubblier and less flinty, it's true. I hadn't noticed it of Brad, but that's 'cause I tend not to listen when he talks.

I wonder if the stylization of Sorkin dialogue contributes to the differential.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

well, ppbtbthh. i like bradley whitford, and if i shouldn't, i don't want to hear about it. :-)

i expect it is the sorkin dialogue. if nothing else, you have to breathe differently to get through a whole line than you breathe to get through a line of anything else -- which really does make it like singing, actually. so maybe what it is, is that the characters' voices are much more controlled than the actors'. i have it in my head that the same is true of richard schiff, but of course, his toby has the whole range of voices. [adores toby liek omg]