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   "David Milligan"  wrote in message   
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   > On Jul 20, 11:00 pm, StarkillerT  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:27 -0500, "catpandaddy"    
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   >> >"StarkillerT"  wrote in message   
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   >> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:34:57 -0600, "Joetheone"   
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   >> >>>"StarkillerT"  wrote in message   
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   >> >>>> It's just plain weird to see Gaius Baltar(James Callis) playing a   
   >> >>>> 1940s era American scientist and speaking without the British   
   >> >>>> accent.   
   >> >>>> Which for me make the new episodes even more surreal than they are   
   >> >>>> intended to be.   
   >> >>>> Callis does play his part quite well though. His accent just barely   
   >> >>>> slips through a few times.   
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   >> >>>It ended up being just a bad American accent, almost as bad as   
   >> >>>Bamber's.   
   >> >>>Wish they would have given him the zoot suit for BSG, though. It's a   
   >> >>>good   
   >> >>>look for him.   
   >> >>>And I think I'm going to enjoy him in this role. Looks like a good   
   >> >>>season   
   >> >>>for Eureka.   
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   >> >> Indeed. A lot of todays younger actors just look like they're wearing   
   >> >> a costume when dressing for a 30s or 40s era role.   
   >> >> Callis' wardrobe person did a good job of making him look like he   
   >> >> belonged in that suit.   
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   >> >What is it that makes the difference? Does a real 40s suit look fake on   
   >> >camera, so that they need a not-quite-authentic version which looks "on   
   >> >film" to be more authentic than the real deal itself? Like using dry ice   
   >> >because real fog photographs with too smokelike an appearance to be   
   >> >convincing or something like that?   
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   >> A lot of times it is the fit of the suit. I've seen a few where the   
   >> suits are kinda baggy as todays male actors are on average more   
   >> slender than their preedecessors back then. The difference is not as   
   >> much the suit itself as far as authenticity goes but how the actor   
   >> wears it and how it fits.   
   >> And then there are subtle things like Callis has the more defined   
   >> jawline as did a lot of folks in that era whereas a lot of todays   
   >> actors have the more soft rounded off jaw and chinlines.   
   >> Put 32 year old Ashton Kutcher in a suit like that and he looks like a   
   >> kid wearing his dads clothes.   
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   >> I think a lot of young guys look like kids playing dress-up when   
   >> wearing more mature suits, especially three-piece ones.  Somehow, all   
   >> that cloth just needs a more adult look to the face.  Also, business   
   >> attire fell out of fashion as an everyday look back in the Sixties.   
   >> Most young guys will wear a suit on a regular basis only after they   
   >> get their first office job.  And blue-collar guys maybe will put one   
   >> on for special church occasions.  They're just not used to wearing   
   >> them.   
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   >        Work construction (sheet metal). I own one ugly brown coat and   
   > slightly mis-matched pants - my funeral suit. "Dress up'' is a good pair   
   > of blue jeans and a clean shirt with a collar.   
   >        Who REALLY needs more that THAT?   
      
   Depends on which clients you are trying to approach.  Ask for a minute of a   
   wealthy exec's time wearing either of those outfits, and he may mistake you   
   for a panhandler.   
      
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