From Wired: "Dialect coach Erik Singer once again analyzes the accents of some of Hollywood's biggest names. How accurate were their accents, really?"
He looks at Margot Robbie's Pacific Northwest accent in I, Tonya ("fantastic"), Giancarlo Esposito's Chilean/Mexican accent in Better Call Saul ("entirely appropriate"), Jennifer Lawrence's Russian accent in Red Sparrow ("doesn't fully cohere"), and 25 other actors' attempts at accents.
U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is much admired by MAGA supporters for his folksy, corn-pone accent. When he utters carefully scripted lines such as "criminals who have rap sheets as… READ THE REST
Sarah Valentine is a professional acting coach who specializes in world accents. Specifically, she helps actors speak English as it might sound sound with different accents, from Cockney to Jamaican,… READ THE REST
Who doesn't try on an accent here or there, in public or private? What is an accent? What material is chosen when choosing to imitate an accent – which might… READ THE REST
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