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Show Sunday, Aura 14 2005 Dale was the model for Professor Continued from C1 the art form is not mimicry “I don't know that ! could do Dumbledore, for example, but a good Sean Connery,” he says. He is talking in the car, black and-gray hair a shade over the Instead, creating a world of magic, curses and spells at a British school for wizards and collar. a trace of the rock singer he was 40 years ago. and is good-natured about his second. ary role in the Potter phenom: witches while actually sitting in a cramped recording booth in Manhattan is a craft borne of enon. 1 don’t think for a minute pitch and timbre, vocal range trading on the real-life magic of howhuman beings can recog- that me going around the coun try doing readings is going to possibly promote the book more nize otherssolely by the sound than the children already are. he says. “I mean, it's the book TETONA DUNLAP “Washingt: Potter narrator: Jim Dale glances downat his notes during a lad in the dreary Midlands of England. Song, dance, bit of a ioke. got to do it all if you're go- ing on the window. (Years readingof “Harry Potter and the Priz comes whatthe scriptcalls for ing to be onstage. luvvie. And hereheis, six decadeson, the single at a used-record bin. him to be,”said Joel Silberman, atheater director, writer and being sold for 6 cents.) frequent musicalcollaborator invisible even on Park Avenue He hosted a middayTV gig in the southern part of the country, worked as a BBC disc in Manhattan. wherehe lives. At NPRin Washington, his face is solittle knownthat whena pro- ducer comesinto thestation's greenroom. hehesitates. “Jim Dale?” he says, scanning later, he would find a copyof jockey. In 1966, he wrote the lyrics for “GeorgyGirl,” an international hit for the Seekers: “Hey there, Georgygirl...” Dale wentinto the National the room. eyebrows raised. Of course, Dale is onlya visi- tor to the landofPotter: I record the books in 14 days. do a fewreadings and goback to my life.” he says. “! wouldn't call it part of my day- today doings.” : His day-to-day. ‘since he pulled Beatles. Dale had hit called “Be My Girl.” had kids run October, as — whatelse? — the voice of William Shakespeare. There are nowso many voices containedin a single “HarryPotter” book — at 134, Shakespeare. He crossed over heholdsthetitle in the Guinness Book of World Records — that engineers at Random House have created a compact disc in thetitle role of “Barnun withaudiofiles of each voice so Dale can remind himself when a character emergesafter, say, a two-book absence. wonthe Tony. The New York Times review: “Is there anything Jim Dale can't do?” He pérsonifies each voice in “Travels With MyAunt.” an adaptation of the Graham Greene book. Dale played both the aunt and the nephew audiobook “Jim is an actor's zctor; he be- screaming up to his car, pound- from peoplein his life — say an aunt, or a blowhardhe overheard in a bar. He then mixes in the multitude of accents and dialects available to the British ear — Scots, Welsh, Cockney, And then, you know,it dawned on somebody that maybethis guy could handle an thing with a group called the which opens off-Broadwayin to New Yorktheater, lording and 1980 Theatre in 1970, performing out of a dreariness of a burg called Rothwell in 1952, has been acting, comedy, theater. At 22, he wasa British rock star. He wasthefirst pop artist for a manager named George Martin, who would do some- of Dale's, Silbermanis casting Dale in "A Woman of Will,” Irish, south London — and addshis idea of how Rowling describes them. Thelate actor John Houseman’s lordlydiction as girls, said study author AlisonField, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston, although such concerns are typically attributed to girls. One-third of girls and almost as many boys said theyfrequently thought about wanting moretoned or defined muscles, according to the survey, of their voices. “Sometimes, you're able to which asked about supplement use, media exposure and body image speech,” Dale says, eyes twinkling, his voicedrifting into the cadence of south London. “Did you know. That MichaelCaine. dissatisfied as girls,”said J. Kevin Thompson,a psycholo- create a verydistinct voice fromjust the pace oftheir isn't t? Children don't cometo hear Jim Dale. They come to hear Harry Potter Perhaps, yes. But fame — so very different fromtalent — has always flirted with himthis way. Hestarted out a comical Supplements Continued from C1 beyond standing room only. “He's just fabulous,” says pearanceofthe individual so much,” Thompson said. Onelimitation of the study gyprofessorat the University of South Florida who studies bodyimage. Boys’ body-image problems have been under- studied because boys tend to focus on muscles, not weight. They don't usually diet but — withoutthe kids — to hear Dale.“I listen to him in the car on the way homejust to relax.” By nightfall, the showis over. little boy has asked Daleif he could comelive with him. Dale politely declines.“I think your mum would worry.” And then he runs out the door, rushing for thelast flight back to New York. He'd like to be back for a late dinner withhis wife,Julie, a fashion cesignerandgallery owner Hewill not be reading hydrate regimens,he said. The widening gap between toned or muscular models and young people, many of whom are obese,is helping to drive the body-imageproblems, Field said. Because media portrayals are often heavily re- touched, teens may be trying to reach an impossibleideal, she cautioned. Thompson explained perceptions of body image as a prove muscle appearance. spectrum. At one end are ado- lescents obsessed with media portrayals of an ideal body ‘whoturn to supplements or eating disorders; at the other volume comesout. By the next day he was back in Manhattan, courage healthy behavior, and a long time, perhaps notuntil the seventh and possibly last another actor walking down Park Avenue,oneofthe bestloved voicesof his generation, invisible again. relationship between media images and supplementuse, without showing that one caused the other,Field said. The supplements included in mones,anabolic steroids and protein powdersor shakes, which werethe most common supplementused. The other supplements were used more often by boys, with 2 percent of the boys and 0.3 percent of the girls reporting using nonprotein supplements to im- end are teenagers frustrated with anuphill battle against obesity whoignoreall media messages, even thosethat en- “Harry Potter”in public for was thatit could only show a the survey included creatine, amino acids, growth hor- seek high-protein, low-carbo- David Bookbinder,an attorney whohas droppedin after work J. Kevin Thompson University of South Florida psychology professor and not focusing on the ap- “Menandboys are just as Can only speak. In three words. At onetime.” And thenhe’s out ofthe car, walking in the back doorat Politics and Prose. The crowdis “Obesity is a huge problem. It’s always =: abalancing actof :: focusing on health and *~ food and not focusing on the appearance of the individual so much.” become moreoverweight. “Obesity is a huge problem. It’s alwaysa balancingact of focusing on health and food Althoughthe risksof steroids are well known, many teens don’t know that overthe-counter supplements also can be risky, Field said. Parents should be more careful about the negative comments they make about body shapes andweightin front of their children, boysandgirls alike, Field said. “Children hear that andreally begin to believe thatthat'sthe ideal,” she said. The survey wasreportedin the Aug. | issue ofthe journal Pediatrics. the Savvy Shopper— Pinching Pennies for Your Pantry! REBECCA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: NT’S AT MARKET PLACE PRESENTS BLUES TRAVELER Comelearn howto use coupons! @ The Sawy Shc a Pickett will be at the Kent's Market n Ephraim on August 19th to showyou howto save hundreds of dollars bil and build up a usable pantry! 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