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Post by smitten on Jan 28, 2009 17:02:40 GMT 1
It's annoying. But I think by now the actor has given up trying to talk 'British' and he's just accepted he's American.
I can't imagine how he would have survived the SAS talking like that!
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Post by Sam Bellis on Jan 28, 2009 19:35:10 GMT 1
LOL they'd have knifed him while out on a mission and left him there.
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Post by smitten on Jan 28, 2009 22:40:47 GMT 1
Clearly the casting people can't hear accents - or don't care. It does frustrate me because, if they'd wanted a 'British' actor, they could have got one. We've got plenty. On the other hand, if they'd wanted *this* actor (and I like him) why make him British? Just to satisfy the American zenophobic... - mmm, better not finish that sentence for fear of offending someone.
Moving on, is anyone else impressed with Jack's culinary abilities? I never imagined he'd be such a dab hand in the kitchen.
When he told Tony to 'grab those bowls' my husband said 'Did he just tell Tony to grab his balls?' LOL That's what you get for not paying attention!
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Post by Sam Bellis on Jan 28, 2009 23:05:55 GMT 1
Well, he did almost kill the people with it!
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Post by smitten on Jan 29, 2009 23:46:22 GMT 1
You know what else is funny? Thinking that everything we've seen till now was shot such a long time ago. Before the writers strike. Before Kiefer went to jail. Before Mary Lynn had her baby. Before we had to wait a year. Before Redemption. Ah, they were such innocent times!
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Post by Sam Bellis on Jan 30, 2009 12:04:13 GMT 1
It is quite weird to think that actually. Almost 2 years ago.
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Post by eviljbf on Jan 30, 2009 20:49:08 GMT 1
Well, I don't know how many people you know who have lived in other places so long they're multiaccented. The United States is filled with people who have more than one accent, or try to not have the accent their born with.
My friend sue is from Texas and lived in london for 5 years. She mixes
them constantly. Sometimes it's this third that is neither
To some extent, Emerson's accent is accurate, just probably not form your point of view.
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Post by smitten on Jan 30, 2009 21:58:43 GMT 1
I know many people who have grown up in one place and lived many years in another. I know people who have grown up speaking one language, moved to another country at the age of 10 and spoken another, forgetting their mother tongue to the point that they need to learn it fresh in adulthood. I know people who have picked up accents, and who change their accent according to social context. But I don't know of anyone who has been native in one country enough to serve in its armed forces, then moved to another and be able to completely rid their accent of its origin. When people switch country, they tend more to pick up bits of the new accent and retain bits of the old, but to do it in a consistent way. That's not what Emerson is doing. Listen to his vowels. There's nothing remotely 'British' there. Now, maybe, his parents were diplomats and spent a lot of time travelling, so as a kid he spent a lot of time in America, or Americanized places, but he was British, so he served in the SAS, and then went to the US. That's the closest I can get to credible. Edit: just bumped into an article about it here: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7860531.stmHere's a quote: In many American films the baddie is English or English accented. But you can also get a film like Die Hard, where Alan Rickman does a German accent for a double dose of baddie-ness. Then you have an actor like Art Malik, born in Pakistan, but raised in England, doing a string of Arab terrorist baddies. It all tests the audience's ability to suspend their disbelief. |
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Post by topii on Jan 31, 2009 16:21:11 GMT 1
and i can't believe bribri gedgeman is bad  I couldnt believe it!!!!  |
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Post by smitten on Jan 31, 2009 17:02:37 GMT 1
Believe it, he's bad.
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