John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice
The Next Big Idea
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Maryland's Voice - A Parody of the Sexually Attractive Voice
During the war, during world war too, women were recruited as radio announcers. Women had to learn to speak in lower registers because audio equipment was designed for men. Then we get a curve ball, which is the war ends, and women are kind of pushed back into the housewife rolls. And we have a swing back in popular culture to the hyper feminine, sarring ladies like joan collins and maryland monroe.
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