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    Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
      
   > Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:   
   > > "Barbie Blacksheep"  wrote in message   
   > > news:e9443527-b5ed-4d6c-b9e7-032e1ba76dcan@googlegroups.com...   
   > >   
   > > On Monday, 8 March 1999 at 08:00:00 UTC, SeanHarry wrote:   
      
   > >> > OK, I'll bite (pun intended). Why is Dru's accent so deplorable to   
   > >> > British viewers? I'm curious...   
      
   > >> It's deplorable because it's so bad. I would have voted it as the   
   > >> worst every interpretation of a foreign accent by an American actor   
   > >> (and Juliet Landau was brought up in Britain, so she should know   
   > >> better) but I've just heard David Boreanes's Irish accent, which is   
   > >> even worse.   
      
   > >> It would be a bit like all American characters on British TV going   
   > >> around wearing 10 gallon hats and saying 'Howdy Partner!'   
      
   > > Why oh why don't these American companies just hire actors / actresses   
   > > who are from the specific British region they want the accent from ?   
   > > instead of these American actors and actresses who never get it right   
   > > and mess it all up....   
      
   > I've wondered that myself, many times.   
      
   > I wonder how Americans think of American characters such as Greg House,   
   > Rick Grimes etc.) played by British people. Do they do a better job?   
      
   They must. I had no idea that Lincoln was a Brit until I saw him in   
   on-set interviews.   
      
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