Best And Worst Fake Accents
Best And Worst Fake Accents
#1Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 7:40pmWhich performers have you seen or heard who do a fantastic job of convincing audiences that they're not really American? (Or British, or whatever nationality they are, I guess.) And which ones... aren't so skilled in that area?
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#2re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:09pm
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
Updated On: 8/16/09 at 08:09 PM
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#2re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:16pm
Matthew Broderick's British accent in last season's THE PHILANTHROPIST immediately came to mind. Awful, awful, awful.
Updated On: 8/16/09 at 08:16 PM
romgitsean
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#3re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:18pmPatti LuPone in Sweeney Todd. Enough said.
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#4re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:19pmCarolee Carmello's Southern accent in Parade was pretty cringe-worthy, I think.
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#5re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:20pm
I like Christine Andreas in The Scarlet Pimpernel alot.
Not fond of Marc Kudisch's from what I remember (probably why he was the only Chauvelin to have a fake accent!).
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#6re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:25pm
It bothers me SO MUCH that Chauvelin and Armand don't have French accents.
Douglas Sills does a pretty good English accent, I think.
Oh, and Matthew Morrison had a fantastic Italian accent in LitP. Even my Italian friend was impressed.
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#7re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:29pmI think Andrea Burns does a great job with her accent for Daniela in "In The Heights".
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#8re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:31pm
Alan Cumming in just about anything does a perfect accent. Most people don't even know he is Scottish.
#9re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:32pm
Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd. Enough said.
it was much better in Doyle's production than the concert version. her Old Lady accent for Candide was laughably terrible, though.
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#10re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:32pmAnytime there's a West End cast recording of a show set in the south. Most notably Parade and Whistle Down the Wind. Yikes.
#11re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:38pmAny accent Meryl Streep does is amazing. I can't believe how much she sounds like Julia Child in her new movie!
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#12re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:39pm
"It bothers me SO MUCH that Chauvelin and Armand don't have French accents.
Douglas Sills does a pretty good English accent, I think. "
Me too - I don't understand why JUST Marguerite has one?? But Kudisch's just .. wasn't really good. I don't remember if the Armand in SP 3.0 had one.
I was going to say Doug Sills too, but on the recording it partially sounds like he doesn't use one; like sometimes he uses it and sometimes he doesn't.
#13re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:42pm
Not fond of Marc Kudisch's from what I remember (probably why he was the only Chauvelin to have a fake accent!).
Did you never see William Michals?
It bothers me SO MUCH that Chauvelin and Armand don't have French accents.
When I saw the tour, Billy Sharpe did.
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Updated On: 8/16/09 at 08:42 PM
#14re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:47pm
Hank Azaria, obviously, is a genius at accents.
Listening to the Jane Eyre OBC, I think we can safely ascertain that Stephen Buntrock has no idea what a British person sounds like... and Marla Schaffel is sometimes good but always sounds fake. James Barbour sounds good, though he's doing a kind of accent that real people don't really have anymore, so I can't really judge how accurate it is!
Glllzrrrrgh, Marc Kudisch's French accent... I never did like that. Doug Sills' Percy really was great, though. I still feel weirded out whenever I hear him talking in an American accent.
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Updated On: 8/16/09 at 08:47 PM
#15re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:49pm
I hear criticism of Bernadette's accent in Song and Dance..can anyone be more specific? I mean, is it stereotypical/exaggerated, or going in/out different dialects or what? (or was rather, since the performance has passed hehe).
[Even as an Australian, It doesn't particularly bother me]
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#16re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:50pm
"Not fond of Marc Kudisch's from what I remember (probably why he was the only Chauvelin to have a fake accent!).
Did you never see William Michals? "
Yeah, but I can't remember an accent or not. It must have not been that bad - and he probably didn't use it to sing! I like Michals btw!
Schmerg: I agree! Schaffel's is good to an extent but I feel like you can absolutely tell that it is a fake accent.
#17re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:53pm
I really liked Michals (saw him on tour and at Sacramento Music Circus), but his accent can best be described as "I have an accent." 
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#18re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:55pmChita's attempt at an accent in NINE was awful.
#19re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:55pm
LizzieCurry: Ahahaaa, well-put. 
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Updated On: 8/16/09 at 08:55 PM
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/20/09
#20re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 8:58pmAs talented as Gregory Jbara is, the accent he uses in Billy Elliot bothers me... SO MUCH!
#21re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 9:04pmDefinitely have to second the nomination of Matthew Broderick in THE PHILANTHROPIST - I still can't figure out what he was doing vocally, but since the whole venture was a disaster, I guess it didn't make any difference.
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#22re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 9:06pm
Laura Osnes in South Pacific.
Its not that her accent was bad it was just I felt like she kept forgeting to use it. Some times I felt she would switch from Country to Regular, Then realize that and switch back.
Either was shes a phenomonal singer and Im actually glad she didnt get HAIR so I got to see her in South Pacific.
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#23re: Best And Worst Fake Accents
Posted: 8/16/09 at 9:37pm
Gavin Creel's British accent in Mary Poppins and (briefly in) Hair sounds pretty impressive, (though I've only heard his Poppins accent from clips)
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Updated On: 8/17/09 at 09:37 PM
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