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   BTR1701  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Ian J. Ball  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2021-09-22 00:43:47 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Some do. The Brits seem to be better at it (though I am sure I've seen   
   >> one or two Brits who did fail at a convincing American accent).   
   >>   
   >> The Aussies are generally much worse - Alex O'Loughlin's American   
   >> accent has always been shaky at best, and I always felt it took years   
   >> before Phoebe Tonkin became decent at one.   
   >   
   > THE WALKING DEAD is full of Brits and Aussies that do flawless American.   
   > Lennie James (Morgan), Samantha Morton (Alpha), David Morissey (the   
   > Governor), Andrew Lincoln (Rick), Richie Coster (Pope), Alycia   
   > Debnam-Carey (Alicia), Lauren Cohan (Maggie)...   
   >   
      
   Agreed about Andrew Lincoln, but Lauren Cohen is from New Jersey. She does   
   both Brett and USA mock accents as far as I can tail.   
      
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