Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Why would a Southern gal's Southern accent be impressive??
DanG

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > > I can recall some English people decades ago remarking on Peter
> Sellers'
> > > "marvelous" ability to mimic an "American" accent (as though there
> were just
> > > one).
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> His portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove was pretty
> good.
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> > > Some actors of a later generation are indeed brilliant at dialects,
> > > however.  I especially remember Londoner Emily Loyd as a Kentuckian
> girl in
> > > _In Country_ (1988).
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> I've always been impressed with Robin Wright Penn's Southern dialect in
> "Toys".
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