Yes or no to accents?
Yes or no to accents?
BwayLeadman
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
#0Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 2:35amWould you rather see a show with a bad accent or no accent at all?
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#1re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 2:37amNo accent at all. It would be distracting at the beginning, but a bad accent is distracting the entire way through.
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#3re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 2:52amNever accents. It all becomes about how good or bad it is.
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#4re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 4:38amI'd have to agree with Jazzysuite. None unless it's flawless. None is really fine, especially when you consider that the only accent people tend to use for European countries is a British accent. Beyond British... things just get nasty.
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#5re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 7:21amWho would want to watch a bad accent? Definetly no accent.
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#6re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 8:38amNo accent! I hate it when people do one and I can't understand them! But, if it is so totally off it is hilarious to watch, I wouldn't mind.
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#7re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 8:52amI saw a production of CABARET a while back where Sally Bowles spoke with an American accent. Sorry, but that upset me.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#8re: Yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 9:23amIf the play is set in England, is very much English in style, references things in England, then please try to use English accents. If possible, coach people to use one. There's nothing worse than listening to a bunch of Americans talk about "GroSSvenoR SquaRe". UGH.
#9yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 9:28amdepends on the hair color and how obvious they are.
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#10yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 9:39amBad accents don't bother me, so I guess I don't care either way. Is that weird? I feel like they should bother me, but they never do. As bad as Dick Van Dyke's accent is in "Mary Poppins", I'm always more interested in how fantastic his performance is--for example.
#11yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 9:43amWell Liza did the american thing, but I guess she made it more clear what was going on...
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#12yes or no to accents?
Posted: 2/24/06 at 10:27am
No accent. I'm a strong believer in the Universal Translator approach. If you tell me the play takes place in France, I will accept that the characters are speaking French (or English with French accents) and I'm just hearing them as Americans.
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