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Thread #46334   Message #688723
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
12-Apr-02 - 03:37 PM
Thread Name: Worst accent or what?
Subject: RE: Worst accent or what?
Mick Jagger singing Girl with the Far Away Eyes..."and the mayan said he'd play mah fayvor-rite song on the rad-ieo."

Speaking of the Coen Brothers, did anyone else notice that all these Mississippi Delta boys (Clooney and pals) had Appalachian accents? Guess that went with the music. Why didn't they set the movie in KY, TN or WV?

I liked Martin Sheen's smooth, cultured Virginia Aristocrat accent as Robert E Lee in Gettysburg. Too bad about the beards though.

Who was the comedian with the bionic arm in Young Frankenstein? The most hilarious German accent ever.

Peter Sellers had the kind of American accent that I think British audiences perceived as authentic and funny. It was pretty far off, blowing pronunciation of the "a" and "o" words like most Brits do. They always over emphasize the "aaa" sound making it too flat and nasal.

Kenneth Branagh in Wild Wild West had an over-emphasized Southen Acce-yunt, but it worked well for the character. Seems I've seen him in a civil rights film where he played a Southern Lawyer quite convincingly.