I'm not going to disagree that on British television we do get a certain number of awful American accents. Given the amount of US TV we see, most Brits can spot a poor American accent at 100m.
But the odd thing is sometimes they come from actual Americans. There seems to be a limited pool of genuinely American actors who reside permamently in London, and who turn up as "token" Americans all the time. I don't know if it's because they have British spouses and their accents have worn off, but even their accents seem fake. That said, with voice coaches, there are plenty of Brits plying their trade in Hollywood who seem to have perfectly fine accents. Hugh Laurie's might not sound great to my ears, but he seems to do well. Then there are people like Stephen Moyer (guess what I was watching over the weekend), Dominic West and Idris Elba in The Wire, Joseph Fiennes, Eddie Izzard, Damian Lewis and Joely Richardson to name but a few. Adam -- 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
