f0d87452
XPost: rec.arts.tv
From: anim8rfsk@cox.net
Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Op 22-9-2021 om 19:45 schreef Ian J. Ball:
>> On 2021-09-22 17:45:16 +0000, BTR1701 said:
>>
>>> In article
>>> <872688154.653980384.405359.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>> anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> 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 Brit and USA mock accents as far as I can tail.
>>>
>>> Yes, she was born in New Jersey, but her mom was a Brit who moved back
>>> to England with her and raised her in Surrey, so she speaks with a
>>> natural Brit accent.
>>
>> As 13 years old?... Doubtful. Accents are supposed to "harden" around 12
>> years old. If I had to guess, Cohan's "real" native accent is American.
>
>
> My own Dutch 'accent' is flexible, depending on the situation. With
> strangers and/in formal situations my regional tongue is nigh absent and
> is as standard as possible.
> Among people from my region and/or familiars it dives straight into the
> dialect or my village.
>
>>
>> She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!
>>
>>
>
> Lauren could talk to me anyway she wants. :-)
>
Here she is in an intereview talking about her accent and then
clotheslining the host:
https://youtu.be/vSZwbYjMYi0
And then here she is on Craig Ferguson because that’s where the very best
interviews are:
https://youtu.be/z7mXsGSBZSI
—
“The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on my list.”
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
|
