The Town of Odyssey

Well, I suppose that most of you have seen the podcast where they introduce the Parker family to us. I am curious. Is the little cartoon girl at the top of the Whit's End audio page supposed to be Camilla Parker? I think they said she's supposed to be eight years old and likes to run track. The little actress who plays Camilla is oriental. The cartoon character kind of looks oriental. Is Camilla supposed to be adopted? They told us that the mom is supposed be hispanic, but the actress doesn't look hispanic. Is this little girl supposed to be oriental on the show or not? I just like to imagine how the characters look and I want to get an accurate picture in my head. By the way, every time I hear the name Camilla Parker I automatically think Camilla Parker-Bowles!

Obviously, the actress's ethnicity is not related to the character's ethnicity. If Mr. Parker is white and Mrs. Parker is Hispanic, then Camilla and her siblings would be mixed.

H Tide wrote:Obviously, the actress's ethnicity is not related to the character's ethnicity. If Mr. Parker is white and Mrs. Parker is Hispanic, then Camilla and her siblings would be mixed.

Oh, I realise that. I just didn't know if she was supposed to be adopted.

I agree, she does look different from her siblings, according to the drawing, but I think she resembles her mother.

I too think that she looks like her mother. I do think it would be a good idea though, to have an adopted kid on Odyssey. The closest we've gotten would be Eugene and Kelly. I'm interested to see if they'll do anything like that in the future.

I concur with H Tide. Camilla is Hispanic/Caucasian while the actress Sydney Shiotani is of Asian descent. Filipina? I googled it once... but her official site takes too long to load due to the myriad of pictures and the only youtube result was of her attempting The Star Spangled Banner when she was two.

I have finally seen the cartoon picture of the whole family and it does look like all three children are Hispanic/Caucasian. I think they just used an oriental actress to play the part. There, now I can try to get the whole famly pictured in my head.

I saw that, too. But with a name like Camilla, it's not surprising that she looks as though she is of Hispanic descent.

Wasn't Nick adopted?

True. I don't know if he was really adopted though, or if he just lived with the Mulligans. But all of the other kids were. Whatever happened to Jessica and Janelle's mother? Did she die in the hospital or something?

I really like the Parker family! I finally got my copy of album 51 and I was skeptical at first...

It's rather nice to hear a Mexican/American family for once in the show. It made me connect more with my roots and with the new family. (I'm Mexican/Native American) And Eva is certainly a Mexican woman and mother. She reminds me of my mom.

Shiotani is a Japanese last name. So, at least some of her heritage should be Japanese.

And I had to comment on the term "oriental"... I realize that historically it wasn't an offensive term, but currently I find it so, and many others do as well... A better phrase would be, "Asian" or "Asian American", etc. It's just that the term "oriental" is a word used for things not people. If you want to learn more about it, here's a link that goes more in depth. http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/livew ... or_people/

I really like the Parker family. The seem like a good Christian family. They almost remind me of the Barclays. I like the Spanish heritage they have. Matthew reminds me of Eugene in some ways. I like the girls too. The mom and dad are great parents. The only downside it the way Eva pronounce her name.

Sapphire wrote:The only downside it the way Eva pronounce her name.

Her name is pronounced phonetically in Spanish. Isn't she of Hispanic descent?

Yes, I believe that is what they said on the video podcast.

I think the Parker family is good... but could be better.

Did anyone think Camilla sounded older than Olivia? When I first heard her I was confused, after hearing more though I am really starting to like her.

To me the parents seem to perfect, but I guess we will see if they really are in future episodes.

Over all the Parkers are a nice new addition to Odyssey, especially 'cause they have three kids!!!

I will be completely honest. I don't really like the Parker family because their kids seem to not be very well behaved & occasionally rude to their friends & parents.
I also have found Olivia to be a whiny sort of girl. Matthew is a quiet, well behaved sort of child, but Camilla seems like (as the youngest) she is a bit spoiled.

IDANCE4JESUS wrote:I will be completely honest. I don't really like the Parker family because their kids seem to not be very well behaved & occasionally rude to their friends & parents.

You mean you don't like them because they are normal?

EMBEE wrote:

IDANCE4JESUS wrote:I will be completely honest. I don't really like the Parker family because their kids seem to not be very well behaved & occasionally rude to their friends & parents.

You mean you don't like them because they are normal?

Good call EMBEE.

EMBEE wrote:

IDANCE4JESUS wrote:I will be completely honest. I don't really like the Parker family because their kids seem to not be very well behaved & occasionally rude to their friends & parents.

You mean you don't like them because they are normal?

Hahaha...I know exactly what you mean, but what I mean is that (compared to all of the past children in Odyssey) they are too modern.
Sorry, but sometimes I just find their kids annoying.