Re: Drusilla's Wacky Accent

[Barbie Blacksheep]

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!'
> Sean Harry
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....

[David]

"Barbie Blacksheep" wrote in message
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I've wondered that myself, many times.

[Wouter Valentijn]

Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:

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?

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[BTR1701]

In article <ios3pn...@mid.individual.net>,

Wouter Valentijn <li...@valentijn.nu> wrote:

> Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:
> > "Barbie Blacksheep"  wrote in message
> > news:e9443527-b5ed-4d6c...@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.

[Ian J. Ball]

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.


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[anim8rfsk]

Remember a week or two ago that Jessica alba was complaining that Tim story
I just made her say her lines as written? That’s because Jo Ann graph old
(I’m not even gonna try and get that past spellcheck) had to learn his
lines phonetically the night before because of his accent and he couldn’t
deviate by a word. So nobody else could either.

I have no idea what extra special he brought to the role of Reid Richards
that they couldn’t have just hired an American.

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[anim8rfsk]

BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <ios3pn...@mid.individual.net>,
> Wouter Valentijn <li...@valentijn.nu> wrote:
>
>> Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:
>>> "Barbie Blacksheep"  wrote in message
>>> news:e9443527-b5ed-4d6c...@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.
>

Don’t forget they’ve lived all over the world and their initial accents are
centuries old.

>>>> 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....
>

Why do American companies keep hiring people with metric accents to play
Americans?

>> 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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[BTR1701]

In article <sie0ag$k1v$1...@dont-email.me>,

Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:

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)...

[Dimensional Traveler]

Brits make great villains! And some of their women are nice to look at.

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dirty old man.

[anim8rfsk]

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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[Ubiquitous]

anim...@cox.net wrote:

> BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>> Wouter Valentijn <li...@valentijn.nu> wrote:
>>> Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:

>>>> "Barbie Blacksheep"  wrote:
>>>> 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....
>>
>
>Why do American companies keep hiring people with metric accents to play
>Americans?

Are they less likely to attend Hollywood events?
If so, they're probably less difficult to work with.

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[BTR1701]

In article
<872688154.653980384.40...@news.easynews.com>,

> 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.

[Ian J. Ball]

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.

She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!

[BTR1701]

In article <sifq3j$bae$1...@dont-email.me>,

Not according to her. And at that age, pre-teen, when fitting in with
peers is at its most important, I'd be surprised if she didn't
*over*-develop a local accent.

(And look at Madonna. She moved to England in her 40s and almost
immediately started speaking in a Brit accent!)

> She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!

Like she needs an accent to get some.

[Ian J. Ball]

Yes - because Madonna is a *phony*!

>> She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!
>
> Like she needs an accent to get some.

[BTR1701]

Be still that slanderous tongue! I will not have you disparaging one of our
precious, precious celebrities like that.

[Wouter Valentijn]

Op 22-9-2021 om 19:45 schreef Ian J. Ball:

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. :-)

[anim8rfsk]

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

[Wouter Valentijn]

Op 24-9-2021 om 18:18 schreef anim8rfsk:

Thanks!

<sigh>

Lauren could hit me anyway she wants. L-)