Dialects in the movies

[Jonathan Lighter]

Speaking of John Sayles, "Matewan," set in rural W. Va., seemed to have very authentic accents.

JL

"Joanne M. Despres" <jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM> wrote:
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In John Sayles' "The Return of the Secaucus Seven," a character
whose name I've forgotten (the actress who plays her has dark
brown hair and has appeared in other Sayles films) does a wicked
imitation of what I think is supposed to be a Maine accent. It
sounds very much like the dialect I used to hear as a kid in
northeastern Massachusetts.

Joanne Despres
Merriam-Webster


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