S2 E7 - Darrel J. Delfin on being a Filipino-American actor, working with his childhood heroes, and finding his niche in voiceover.

GUEST BIO

Darrel J Delfin is a 30 year-old Filipino American actor based in Los Angeles, California. He is Kaede in Fena: Pirate Princess, Kazuma Arashiba in Scar on the Praeter, Legatus Laendur & Legate Pumpkee in the Fallen Legion series, General Geshtar in Secret of Mana, and Emilio Baretti in Lupin III vs Detective Conan: THE MOVIE. He has provided voices for shows like Sword Art Online, Hortensia Saga, Kill la Kill, Beyblade Burst Rise, Dragon Ball Super, and many more. He is also a regular cast member and lead stunt coordinator of the "We The Geeks of East LA" YouTube Channel.

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DEFINITIONS

• Bisaya also known as Binisaya or Cebuano is a language spoken in the southern Philippines and counts 22 million speakers.
• Ilokano - is also a language spoken in the Philippines. It is the third most-spoken native language in the country, with 8.1 million speakers.

TAKEAWAYS

1. We often need a cheerleader before giving ourselves permission to dream big.
2. The diaspora experience of a culture is often less nuanced, reductive. For many of us our only connection is food.
3. Weird is relative. Asians aren’t objectively weird. Only relative to whiteness.
4. We often only start to appreciate our culture in adulthood, when there’s less pressure to fit in
5. Many of us regret not learning our culture’s language.
6. The pandemic has made hiring remote talent the norm, and has raised the bar when it comes to accurate media representation of our cultures.

CONTACT

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Host: Sherry-Lynn Lee & Ariadne Mila

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