Sunday, April 08, 2007
Jolly Good Show ... Or Was It?
New York Times: "COULD it be that the mere presence of an English accent is enough to bewitch American audiences into overrating performances by British actors? That’s the cheeky suggestion made recently by the British actor, novelist, critic and all-around cultural Renaissance guy Stephen Fry. “I shouldn’t be saying this — high treason really — but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there"
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one hundred percent true...automatically people are taken by an accent...often times the audience presumes its the correct accent and therefore a struggle for the performer and therefore must merit some type of complimentary response...not so...many times we are just watching cheesy performances masked by the accents of attempting actors...however in most professional shows the authenticity only helps the show.
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