Accent Expert Breaks Down 17 Actors Playing Real People | WIRED

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Dialect coach Erik Singer once again takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. Did Rami Malek do a good job speaking through prosthetics to become Freddie Mercury? How accurate was Jennifer Lawrence's Long Island accent in Joy? Did Christian Bale nail former Vice President Dick Cheney?

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[eveofrevolution]

[la_petite_singe]

Does he ever do videos on bad accents?

I feel like he's being critical with a lot of these, he's just being insanely polite about it, lol. It's an amusing change from the usual YouTube videos like "52 Reasons Why Endgame Sucks!!!!"

[mwffj]

Sometimes he'll toss in some famously egregious accents, but I don't think he's done a video dedicated to terrible accents.

[sparkagrace]

Felicity Jones' accent was super inconsistent during that movie. It was so distracting.

[aprilbegins]

This video was actually unusual in the actor accent series because the evaluations were mostly very positive. I encourage you to watch other videos in the series (here's a playlist) if you want to see him critique garbage accents!

I don't think he's ever given Brad Pitt a good review lol

[malabami]

check out the rest of the vids in this series most of them are really interesting

[__onthebound]

ikr? he's really interesting and articulate. i always learn something. i'm not the best at picking out accents good or bad (unless it's super obvious!). i like that he explains why something is good or bad? i can tell you jlaw sucked in red sparrow. but i couldn't tell you why or how her accent missed the mark!

i like all of these youtube videos, they are educational and interesting! there is one that breaks down medical scenes as well by a surgeon. i know whenever i watch grey's with my mum she is always pointing out how wrong they do things bc she was a nurse/nurse anaesthetist before she retired!

i'm almost done with law school and i can't get over how wildly incorrect most law procedurals are! i know it's to amp up the drama....but i didn't know HOW oout of touch they were