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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 20, 2013 15:48:22 GMT
Saw a mediocre film last night and the thing that stood out the most was Pierce Brosnan's bad Northern Irish accent and he is Irish.  One man's Yorkshire is another man's Jamaican |
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 20, 2013 16:07:55 GMT
Dick Van Dyke ( real name: penis from lesbian ?) as the cockney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins must be the worst accent ever...sounds part Brooklyn, part retard, part 'Hard day's night'....
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Post by morthoron on Apr 21, 2013 0:37:53 GMT
Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. Perhaps the worst casting decision ever. It sounds like a North Dakota cowboy time traveled to 12th century England.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 21, 2013 10:10:57 GMT
Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. Perhaps the worst casting decision ever. It sounds like a North Dakota cowboy time traveled to 12th century England. ;D The English regional accents became a bit confusing at times as well, varying from Lancashire to Welsh often from the same actor.  That happens a lot, Gimli's accent in LOTR as an example, he jumps from Welsh to Scottish. The only time imo that it was successful was in Braveheart where the Irish actors were playing Scots and "Irish Stephen" was played by Scots actor David O'Hara. Most native Scots can move seemlessly into an Irish accent and vice versa however there's always the exception - Gerald Butler ;D It seems to be in vogue just now for fantasy or fairy tale characters to have a Scottish accent - cue.. Shir Shean Connery! who never gives a damn what accent is asked of him. Playing an "Irish" cop I don't even recognise what kind of Scottish accent he has!! |
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 21, 2013 10:45:27 GMT
Dick Van Dyke ( real name: penis from lesbian ?) as the cockney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins must be the worst accent ever...sounds part Brooklyn, part retard, part 'Hard day's night'.... You're dead right steelmonkey. This makes me cringe.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 20:00:04 GMT
Are authentic accents important in film and TV?
IA discusses, in an interview, the use of accents while singing:
Unlike some of your peers, you’ve always sung in a British accent, though.
I lived and breathed black American blues, but I’d not done those stereotypical things I thought black American bluesmen did – picking cotton or working on a chain gang. It didn’t seem sensible to me to follow in the footsteps of some lower, middle-class white boy by trying to sing like a black American.
You must have tried it at least once though?
I supposed I did when I first tried to imitate those songs. I heard Mick Jagger, though, and that put me off. It’s the same with Elton John. I think, “Why are you singing in that stupid voice?” I don’t think it’s insulting – just a bit wet. Amy Winehouse would have been twice the person she was if she’d sung in something resembling her own voice.
This is clearly a bit of a bugbear for you.
It’s just plain silly. I’ve said this to foreign female singers too: you’d be much more interesting – and sexy – if you sang in your natural French, Swedish or German accent rather than that awful international American/English.
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But probably best in Humor, Games and Fun Thanks for sharing.
