Blog 2: Mister Rogers

Tom Junod did such an amazing job creating a voice for not only himself and Mister Rogers, but for other "characters" throughout the piece. For Mister Rogers, the voice was so easy to recognize, as I spent a good portion of my childhood with him, watching hours upon hours of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". Junod made sure to acknowledge several times throughout the piece that Mister Rogers sounds exactly like that - he sounds the same way he does on the Neighborhood. For himself, Junod created a voice that was a combination of casual and bewildered. He seemed to be constantly fascinated at the fact that the Mister Rogers treated Junod himself and strangers with the amount of kindness and compassion that he did. When it came to the few brief paragraphs about the background "characters", he paints such a vivid picture of them and gives them their own voice, even if there is a lack of dialogue. As I read the entire article, it felt like I was getting to know each person that was included, and that has everything to do with the way Tom Junod creates voices for everyone.