Accents
Now due to the heavy reliance on most big name film companies on drawing in box office sales by hiring a big "AMERICAN" for films, what you get is "THE MOVIE WHERE YOU SPEND THE WHOLE TIME COMPLETELY DISTRACTED BY THE INCONSISTENT ACCENT". And it's always an american doing another accent. It's hardly ever the australian who does the crap american accent....actually sorry I retract that statement, i have three words for you: The Sleepover Club. I don't know whether you people out there have watched as much post-school afternoon teen programs but this had got to be one of the worst. Not only did they have v. bad narrative (a plus in afternoon programming - because who's brain works post school), but they needed to make sure that not one but TWO of the girls had english accents. And as per usual they were not Chav/Cockney or the mildly disturbing Bristol accent; they were both very closely related to THE QUEEN!!! As all brits do.
I just want to see a show where the brits turn up and there is a chav, a bristolian ("Are you right, my lover?") and someone from Wales. That will confuse the commercial channel audiences.
What channel seven should so buy is...WAWFFACTOR. Truthfully I don't know how to say it but you've got the jist of the possible difficulties which could arise when a network in Australia buys the Welsh version of Idol. And some of you may be thinking, yeah no worries, they're still talking and singing in English. WRONG!!! It's in actual welsh and it's ruddy funny to watch.
I'm losing the point, yes, accents. Let's run through some v. atrocious attempts at the "English Accent"
Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane: It might just be because she oozes American-ness or that her voice is naturally high but my gosh what possessed the casting director of this flick to cast an American as JANE AUSTEN!!!! If you're American i can give you some concession but if you're British will i get arrested if I suggest that you should be sacrificed for the sake of bad casting? Jane Austen is a sacred figure in the the history of the UK let alone in Literature and her accent really is ridiculous. Apart from being at a ridiculously high pitch, her diction is through the roof which would be great in a speech class but i can just feel how much spit would have been flying at James McAvoy during filming.
Drew Barrymore in Ever After: In the movie that my sister makes the family watch over and over again, Barrymore's accent slips and falls about like a fat kid in a jumping castle covered in grease. And while that mental image runs rife in your mind, I should point out that at no point in the movie does she at all convince you that she is either (1) English or (2) French which for true accuracy she's meant to be. The real star in this film is the Costuming department who quite happily isolated Dougray Scot's genitalia from the rest of his costume.
Meryl Streep in that Australian Movie: Although this is what the rest of the world thinks we sound like it's just plain funny. "DINGAWS GOT MAI BAYBEE!!"
And quickly through the good accents:
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder: There is v. little "Australian-speak" in this movie but what is spoken is pure gold. If you close your eyes you're basically listening to Russel Crowe in an interview it's so good it's even possibly creepy.
Cate Blanchett in All the movies she's ever done: Now I'm not one of those fan girly people who rush out to the cinemas as soon as a Blanchett movie comes out but if there's one thing this lady can do well is accents. From Queen Elizabeth the First to Tracey from Cabramatta it's just gold. I think the real highlight is her performance in the Aviator.
Every British Actor and Australian Actor to be cast in TV Shows and Movies in the US: Because they wouldn't hire you unless you could assimilate...
Apart from Jesse Spencer.
Toodles,
Trake
I just want to see a show where the brits turn up and there is a chav, a bristolian ("Are you right, my lover?") and someone from Wales. That will confuse the commercial channel audiences.
What channel seven should so buy is...WAWFFACTOR. Truthfully I don't know how to say it but you've got the jist of the possible difficulties which could arise when a network in Australia buys the Welsh version of Idol. And some of you may be thinking, yeah no worries, they're still talking and singing in English. WRONG!!! It's in actual welsh and it's ruddy funny to watch.
I'm losing the point, yes, accents. Let's run through some v. atrocious attempts at the "English Accent"
Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane: It might just be because she oozes American-ness or that her voice is naturally high but my gosh what possessed the casting director of this flick to cast an American as JANE AUSTEN!!!! If you're American i can give you some concession but if you're British will i get arrested if I suggest that you should be sacrificed for the sake of bad casting? Jane Austen is a sacred figure in the the history of the UK let alone in Literature and her accent really is ridiculous. Apart from being at a ridiculously high pitch, her diction is through the roof which would be great in a speech class but i can just feel how much spit would have been flying at James McAvoy during filming.
Drew Barrymore in Ever After: In the movie that my sister makes the family watch over and over again, Barrymore's accent slips and falls about like a fat kid in a jumping castle covered in grease. And while that mental image runs rife in your mind, I should point out that at no point in the movie does she at all convince you that she is either (1) English or (2) French which for true accuracy she's meant to be. The real star in this film is the Costuming department who quite happily isolated Dougray Scot's genitalia from the rest of his costume.
Meryl Streep in that Australian Movie: Although this is what the rest of the world thinks we sound like it's just plain funny. "DINGAWS GOT MAI BAYBEE!!"
And quickly through the good accents:
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder: There is v. little "Australian-speak" in this movie but what is spoken is pure gold. If you close your eyes you're basically listening to Russel Crowe in an interview it's so good it's even possibly creepy.
Cate Blanchett in All the movies she's ever done: Now I'm not one of those fan girly people who rush out to the cinemas as soon as a Blanchett movie comes out but if there's one thing this lady can do well is accents. From Queen Elizabeth the First to Tracey from Cabramatta it's just gold. I think the real highlight is her performance in the Aviator.
Every British Actor and Australian Actor to be cast in TV Shows and Movies in the US: Because they wouldn't hire you unless you could assimilate...
Apart from Jesse Spencer.
Toodles,
Trake