On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that > Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 > > Happy Valley is set in a Yorkshire town and the accent may be unfamiliar. > However, the dialogue is so smart and the characters so well drawn, I'd > urge you to check it out. > > But you know, over this side of the pond we cope just fine with southern > drawls, New Yawk accents and pretty much anything you throw at us. Plus > we've watched Aussie soaps for years. So I think complaining about accents > is an easy get-out. You just have to concentrate a bit harder sometimes. > For American viewers English accents are like black and white movies. It isn't that viewers can't understand what is going on in B&W movies, it's just that they tune in, see B&W, and tune out. I think it is the same when they hear regional English accents. FWIW, I have the DVD set of The Singing Detective and I would have been lost without the closed captions. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
