Something else that the UK/original version of the series has going for it are actors well known to Americans. It simply doesn't make sense to recast someone else in Hugh Laurie's role.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that > Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 > > Happy Valley is set in a Yorkshire town and the accent may be unfamiliar. > However, the dialogue is so smart and the characters so well drawn, I'd > urge you to check it out. > > But you know, over this side of the pond we cope just fine with southern > drawls, New Yawk accents and pretty much anything you throw at us. Plus > we've watched Aussie soaps for years. So I think complaining about accents > is an easy get-out. You just have to concentrate a bit harder sometimes. > > I do however think many issues people have with sound on television today > are more due to the awful speakers in today's flatscreen TVs. Basic physics > says that if your TV is only an inch thick you just can't put a decent > speaker in it. Your old cathode ray tube set - even a cheap model - > probably had a booming speaker with lots of space to breath and deliver > decent mono sound. That's why the big thing in home audio is sound bars. If > you're able to, I always recommend plugging your TV into some other audio > device for clear audio. Even a years old stereo system will be better than > the speakers in your new flat TV. > > But that's a bugbear of mine... > > You definitely won't struggle with accents in The Night Manager. > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Adam Bowie, in part: >>> >>> in Britain we've been a bit spoilt for local drama with an excellent >>> second series of Happy Valley (well worth checking out on Netflix, although >>> some American ears may need closed captions turned on) >>> >> >> Part of the one AMC honcho's reasoning was that the accents were not as >> much of an issue, but I wasn't buying that... >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
