British Accents (WAS: the casting of Emma Thompson as trelawney)

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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
> <entropymail at y...> wrote:
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> No, really, though, what *kind* of American accent are you looking 
> for?  Boston?  Seattle?  Arizona?  Texas?  
> Mississsississiissiipppi?  We're a big place, with a LOT of 
> accents.  
> Anyway, it just struck me as funny, about Mel Gibson not having an 
> American accent.  His beautiful Aussie accent has been TOO 



Hmmm, I guess it's not so much a *lack* of "American" accent, but
rather the creeping in of those Australian vowels every once in a
while, when you know they really shouldn't be there.  (Like the "a" of
an Australian "mate", for instance).

Anyway, I can really see JKR's point about using Brits in the movies.
 First,  any accent from a non-native is always tricky to pull off. 
Even subtle nuances can be distracting to the audience. Second,
there's nothing wrong with being pro-Brit.  Hollywood has had such a
chunk of the movie industry for so long, why not  try to keep it "all
in the family" if she wants to?!

Personally, that Aussie accent is a bit harsh for my ears. I'll take
that Irish accent any day. The Welsh one is nice, too. But, being a
harsh-accented New Yorker, who am I to judge?    :)

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