Especially considering what a good job Americans are doing with the British accents.
To be honest, I rarely notice if someone is doing a bad USian accent.
Sorry, but there's so many of them, I lose track.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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P.M. Marc - Feb 26, 2003 10:08:54 pm PST #2194 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
billytea - Feb 26, 2003 10:09:55 pm PST #2195 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
ALL THEY DID WAS SHOUT AND THINK THAT COVERED IT! HOW ANNOYING!!
Funnily enough, I really quite liked their attempts at Aussie accents for the University of Woolloomooloo.
Caroma - Feb 26, 2003 10:12:37 pm PST #2196 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
If it were solidly built, what would be the point of trying to defend it?
Well, no, what I meant is that aren't there endless arguments that the wind knocked the wicket down, or that Mack truck rumbling by, or a butterfly landed on it, etc.?
And as for Americans doing British accents, come to Broadway sometimes. Plenty of Yanks playing Brits and doing pretty well. And you know most of those Watcher's Council folks, including Harris Yulin, were American. The other way around--well, Bob Hoskins in ROGER RABBIT and Kenneth and Emma in DEAD AGAIN were pretty good.
billytea - Feb 26, 2003 10:16:09 pm PST #2197 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Well, no, what I meant is that aren't there endless arguments that the wind knocked the wicket down, or that Mack truck rumbling by, or a butterfly landed on it, etc.?
Er, no. The stumps have grooves across the top in which the bails rest. They don't fall down on their own.
DavidS - Feb 26, 2003 10:18:09 pm PST #2198 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Especially considering what a good job Americans are doing with the British accents.
points at JM and AD.
Emma and Bob both did great American accents though. So does Gary Oldman.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:18:52 pm PST #2199 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The other way around--well, Bob Hoskins in ROGER RABBIT and Kenneth and Emma in DEAD AGAIN were pretty good.
There are actually a lot of Brits (and Irish) that do great American accents. Colin Farrell's is good, Minnie Driver, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter come first to mind, and I have a teeny suspicion that Monty Python was taking the piss. Can't speak for offscreen accents, 'cause I don't watch much theatre. But onscreen? US doing UK? It's not all Robin Hood, but still.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:19:33 pm PST #2200 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
points at JM and AD.
Love JM, I do, but his accent is flaky.
John H - Feb 26, 2003 10:20:01 pm PST #2201 of 9843
I rarely notice if someone is doing a bad USian accent.
I don't think Mel Gibson can do a convincing American accent...
P.M. Marc - Feb 26, 2003 10:21:49 pm PST #2202 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
AD actually is one of the few times I noticed a bad USian accent attempt. FWIW.
brenda m - Feb 26, 2003 10:22:22 pm PST #2203 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There are actually a lot of Brits (and Irish) that do great American accents.
Glenn Quinn.
And here I thought Minnie Driver was doing an atrocious Brit accent on Will and Grace a few weeks back. Fake or not, it was painful to listen to and sounded very affected.