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[[File:noimage.svg|left|thumb|150x150px|The real-life Laura Emerson provides the voice for Mayor Laura Emerson.]]
 
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''[[The Souzas]]'' co-creator [[Ava Zinn]] watched several newscasts from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis as part of of her first live-action internet series ''[[INNewsCenter]]'' and grew up watching Fort Wayne and Indianapolis television. Emerson began her career at then-NBC affiliate WKJG-TV (channel 33, now CW affiliate [[wikipedia:WISE-TV|WISE-TV]]) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Like her [[Quillsville, Indiana]] counterparts, [[Lee Kelso (Queen of the Willis)|Lee Kelso]] and [[Nicole Pence (Queen of the Willis)|Nicole Pence]],  Zinn found Emerson's personality in Fort Wayne and Toledo and performances from her TV news career, so outstanding that she created a similar character for ''The Souzas'' once the announcement of the show was picked up.<ref name=avclub>Ava Zinn interview</ref>
 
''[[The Souzas]]'' co-creator [[Ava Zinn]] watched several newscasts from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis as part of of her first live-action internet series ''[[INNewsCenter]]'' and grew up watching Fort Wayne and Indianapolis television. Emerson began her career at then-NBC affiliate WKJG-TV (channel 33, now CW affiliate [[wikipedia:WISE-TV|WISE-TV]]) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Like her [[Quillsville, Indiana]] counterparts, [[Lee Kelso (Queen of the Willis)|Lee Kelso]] and [[Nicole Pence (Queen of the Willis)|Nicole Pence]],  Zinn found Emerson's personality in Fort Wayne and Toledo and performances from her TV news career, so outstanding that she created a similar character for ''The Souzas'' once the announcement of the show was picked up.<ref name=avclub>Ava Zinn interview</ref>
{{Cquote|The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Laura Emerson where she, like Nicole Pence on ''Queen of the Willis'' becomes the first female mayor of this city in Ohio, and we deliberately have not made any references to her as a former TV news woman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like the late Ralph Renick have taken whacks at this sort of thing&nbsp;— there's a precedent for it, television personalities getting into politics. She's the mayor, she's this girl who is basically 20 years older than Nicole Pence.
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{{Cquote|The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Laura Emerson where she, like Nicole Pence on ''Queen of the Willis'' becomes the first female mayor of this city in Ohio, and we deliberately have not made any references to her as a former TV news woman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like the late Ralph Renick have taken whacks at this sort of thing&nbsp;— there's a precedent for it, television personalities getting into politics. She's the mayor, but he's this guy who clearly does have it all together.
 
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Revision as of 11:42, 31 May 2020

Laura Emerson
The Souzas character
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First appearance "Pilot"
Created by Ava Zinn
Alexandra Moffitt
Tracia Matthewson
Voiced by Laura Emerson
Information
Species human
Gender Female
Occupation Mayor of Detropolis, Ohio (2017-)
TV News anchor (1989-2016)
Family see article
Children Kaylee Emerson (adopted daughter)
Nationality American

Mayor Laura Emerson is a character voiced by former Toledo, Ohio television news anchor Laura Emerson on the American animated television series The Souzas. She was elceted mayor in 2017 after incumbent mayor Stan Wilson retired and chose not to run for re-election of the city of Detropolis, Ohio, where the show is set. She has appeared on a recurring basis from her first appearance in "The Souzas".


Character

Mayor of Detropolis

Development

The real-life Laura Emerson provides the voice for Mayor Laura Emerson.

The Souzas co-creator Ava Zinn watched several newscasts from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis as part of of her first live-action internet series INNewsCenter and grew up watching Fort Wayne and Indianapolis television. Emerson began her career at then-NBC affiliate WKJG-TV (channel 33, now CW affiliate WISE-TV) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Like her Quillsville, Indiana counterparts, Lee Kelso and Nicole Pence, Zinn found Emerson's personality in Fort Wayne and Toledo and performances from her TV news career, so outstanding that she created a similar character for The Souzas once the announcement of the show was picked up.[1]

The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Laura Emerson where she, like Nicole Pence on Queen of the Willis becomes the first female mayor of this city in Ohio, and we deliberately have not made any references to her as a former TV news woman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like the late Ralph Renick have taken whacks at this sort of thing — there's a precedent for it, television personalities getting into politics. She's the mayor, but he's this guy who clearly does have it all together.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ava Zinn interview

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