WTF??!!

[idontlikegravy]

We've often discussed criminal accents in shows and movies, usually Scottish or Irish but I was just watching the Forever Knight episode 'Queen of Harps' and I had to stop to ask just what the frell kind of Welsh accent that's supposed to be?! Not only does the modern day Welsh Lord sound Scottish, so does the woman with the harp in the flashback (

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[vipersweb]

I think it depends on the show and, more importantly the writers. For instance, an episode of Castle from two weeks ago, captured a very NYC phenomena, that is the way each Ray's Pizza joint claims to be the 'original.' On the other hand, last week's episode of the same show made several errors that just belied the previous weeks 'NY-ness.' Simple things, like referring to elevated trains as 'Els' (that is a Chicago thing) or the physical appearance of one of the guest stars, which went against everything she was supposed to be.

The only US show that I've watched that has had an episode set in the UK was a Bones episode from a couple of years back. I think it showed a very American vision of what the UK is like.

I referred to CSI:NY in my original comment and I think what I said stands true. I'm sure a lot of what I can pick out are nitpicks that I see because I am in NYC and I've lived here for most of my life and I know what my city is like. It has a character of its own and in the first season, the city was very much a secondary character of the show. This has become less so in more recent seasons and in general, the way the night life is depicted is very much a LA-view of NY and what clubs/bars look like/are populated with. But here's something that is simple that they don't do: the subways in NYC have specific logos for the lines. The 1, 2 and 3 lines, for instance have the number in a red circle. And yet, in so many episodesits a yellow orange. YEah, it's something small and really doesn't affect the show but... it's just evidence of a symptom that bothers me.