1) while I understand the compelling desire to fit in with a male dominated industry/social norm and the human ear’s preference to deeper tones, this was straight up the voice you use to make fun of that one guy in your office who you think is a total doofus

2) since she is repeatedly praised including by Sonny as mastering Mandarin I am very curious if she also put on this tone then or if it was too difficult to mentally translate AND maintain the charade