Dialects in film

[James Smith]

I'm from the Rocky Mountains, and I found it
appalling!




--- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I understand that Dick Van Dyke's Cockney in "Mary
> Poppins" is regarded as appalling by many English
> people.
>
> In fact, most stars before the age of intensive
> dialect coaching just muddled through "dialect"
> roles.  Kevin Costner (CA) was ridiculed for his
> "Hyannisport" accent in "Fourteen Days," but to a
> geezer saturated in the JFK era, he seemed OK.
>
> Gwyneth Paltrow (CA / MA) as "Emma" ? She sure
> fooled me !
>
> JL
>
> "Patti J. Kurtz" <kurtpatt4 at NETSCAPE.NET> wrote:
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> Poster: "Patti J. Kurtz"
> Subject: Dialects in film
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> Hi everyone. We've discussed films in which language
> features
> prominently (esp. sci fi), but what I'm trying to
> compile is a list of
> films in which the characters speak in dialects.
> (for example,
> "Fargo") for my dialects class. I'd like names of
> both films that
> represent regional or ethnic dialects accurately and
> those that don't,
> since we're going to talk about dialects in the
> media at some point. I
> can think of a few, but I'll bet some of you can
> think of more. And I'm
> thinking more of movies (fictional) rather than
> films like "American
> Tongues."
>
> Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated by
> me and by my
> students, who are enjoying the course a lot!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patti Kurtz
> Minot State University
> --
>
> Freeman - And what drives you on, fighting the
> monster?
>
>
>
> Straker - I don't know, something inside me I guess.
>
>
>
> Freeman - It's called dedication.
>
>
>
> Straker - Pig-headedness would be nearer.
>
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.



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