Right. I wouldn't say that the British or the Australians or anybody are necessarily any better at doing accents than Americans, but the people we see on American TV are the ones who do accents very, very well.
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zuisa - Sep 14, 2011 6:41:12 am PDT #18128 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2011 2:55:38 pm PDT #18129 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I love how people are "The Brits, though, they do marvellous accents--listen to Hugh Laurie, for instance" forgetting there's an entire island and some of people doing completely atrocious American accents, some of them on TV.
The American accents in Jeeves & Wooster are absolutely cringe-worthy, and to bring this post more on topic, let's just mention Peri, companion to the Doctor (5 and 6). While watching J&W I asked Daniel the question (do we really sound like that to them?). For an answer, he showed me an episode of House (I hadn't seen it yet). Mr. Laurie is very reassuring on that issue. Whole lotta cognitive dissonance seeing Laurie as House right after seeing him as Bertie Wooster.
Jon B. - Sep 14, 2011 4:31:44 pm PDT #18130 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
the implication that any accent in the history of television could be worse than Angelus' Irish has me intrigued.
Not TV, but Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins is the gold standard of bad accents. Here's a test: Go up to a British person and say the three words, "Dick Van Dyke." Nine times out of ten, their response will be, "Oh, god, that accent in Mary Poppins!"
le nubian - Sep 14, 2011 4:50:48 pm PDT #18131 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
what about sean connery in "untouchables?"
that was effed up.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 4:51:16 pm PDT #18132 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about Sean Connery in Highlander? That was just random.
Juliebird - Sep 14, 2011 4:53:43 pm PDT #18133 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Sean Connery defies accents and time and space, and spandex.
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 5:02:48 pm PDT #18134 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
He's like the Chuck Norris of accents.
WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2011 6:06:38 pm PDT #18135 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
The thing that really got me was the Scottish character with the Belgian accent. I mean, nice looking guy, but ....
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2011 4:47:50 am PDT #18136 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vampire Diaries legal issues--mostly occupancy, and I realise that either we really didn't think about what Joss did, or he did it well.
zuisa - Sep 15, 2011 5:51:38 am PDT #18137 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I don't think the inviting people inside thing was ever brought up as much on Buffy as it is on TVD. With the exception of Angel and Spike, vampires weren't really just showing up randomly at Casa Summers.
That article was good fun, though! I particularly enjoyed the line:
Maybe this is why Kate and I still find Ezra Fitz creepier than either of the Salvatores.
My thoughts exactly, honestly.