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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-10-22
Replies: 43
Does It Annoy You When An Actor You Like Has To Do An Accent?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yeah, there are, but they're officers, not...

Yeah, there are, but they're officers, not draftees. The cannon fodder guys could not sound British.

My other observation is that when they do emote in German, they always do it with a high...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-07-22
Replies: 43
Does It Annoy You When An Actor You Like Has To Do An Accent?
Posted By skizzerflake
German was still spoken in part of my family when...

German was still spoken in part of my family when I was a kid. I recall hearing remarks that Hitler spoke with a "lower class Austrian accent", unlike the more educated Germans that had been their...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-06-22
Replies: 43
Does It Annoy You When An Actor You Like Has To Do An Accent?
Posted By skizzerflake
It's my assumption too, since both Rome and...

It's my assumption too, since both Rome and Britain were small places that had an expansive empire that's gone now. Mason did at least one Roman role (Julius Caesar) and Burton is a dead ringer for...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-04-22
Replies: 43
Does It Annoy You When An Actor You Like Has To Do An Accent?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Does It Annoy You When An Actor You Like Has To Do An Accent?

It depends. My least favorite is when it involved ancient Romans. Movie makers just don't seem to be able to resist giving patrician Romans of the ancient world patrician British accents when the...