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Subject: "ha, true"
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Thu May-07-09 06:38 PM
41. "ha, true"
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Why does everyone in period pieces speak with british accents?
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Thu May-07-09 02:02 AM
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Three reasons:
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
1
RE: Three reasons:
Wrongthink
May 07th 2009
2
Name 10 examples of what you're referring to.
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
14
lol @ 10
mykonsept
May 07th 2009
22
I'll give one GLARING example: Kingdom of Heaven
mrhood75
May 07th 2009
23
But Norton had an American accent in it, right?
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
26
Acutally Norton used a faux British accent in this case
mrhood75
May 07th 2009
36
the ROME series
Deluge
May 08th 2009
48
^^first thing I thought of....
guru0509
May 09th 2009
52
you'll have to give a specific example of where it did not fit
dafriquan
May 07th 2009
3
gladiator?
kayru99
May 07th 2009
4
These aren't period pieces.
Quick
May 07th 2009
5
A lot of Star Wars was filmed in England with British actors
MadDagoNH
May 07th 2009
7
star wars was a period piece????
soulfunk
May 07th 2009
8
long ago in a galaxy far, far away
buckshot defunct
May 07th 2009
17
^^^period
Mynoriti
May 07th 2009
24
russell crowe didn't have a british accent.
shockzilla
May 07th 2009
11
By naming Star Wars as a period piece
chief1284
May 07th 2009
12
I've got a right bad feelin' about this I do
Gemini_Two_One
May 08th 2009
50
Not everyone in any of those films has a British accent.
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
15
enough of them do to notice
kayru99
May 07th 2009
19
But that wasn't what he was saying, lol.
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
28
how are the two mutually exclusive?
kayru99
May 07th 2009
35
I don't think they do.
Quick
May 07th 2009
6
because a british accent sounds "foreign" to us without actually
soulfunk
May 07th 2009
9
In that case is a patrician American accent.
Quick
May 07th 2009
10
See, I wanna know why all these british people have roman accents
stylez dainty
May 07th 2009
13
^^^ now THAT's an answer, lol
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
16
well played, Sir
MadDagoNH
May 07th 2009
18
But how come no one in The Patriot had a southern accent?
Teknontheou
May 07th 2009
20
You're getting crucified in here but I was wondering the same thing
AceTales
May 07th 2009
21
I think it has something to do with the dialogue itself
Grand_Royal
May 08th 2009
49
Depending on the period in question, it's important to remember
The A to the Z
May 07th 2009
25
Okay, enough jokes. Here's a real historical reasoning behind it:
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
27
So why not just have them all speak in American accents?
AceTales
May 07th 2009
29
The American actors often do use American accents in period films.
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
31
almost
BigWorm
May 07th 2009
32
I wasn't joking
Quick
May 07th 2009
30
Troy and 300 ain't period films?
kayru99
May 07th 2009
33
They're more fantasy.
Quick
May 07th 2009
34
really? seriously?
BigWorm
May 07th 2009
37
Yes, really. Seriously.
Quick
May 07th 2009
38
RE: Yes, really. Seriously.
BigWorm
May 07th 2009
39
man, how many wwii films have had germans with british accents
kayru99
May 07th 2009
40
well, they were speaking American Patrician in Ben-Hur...
BigWorm
May 07th 2009
42
HA!
kayru99
May 07th 2009
45
That's because the majority are productions with mostly British actors.
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
44
RE: That's because the majority are productions with mostly British acto...
kayru99
May 07th 2009
46
Wild generalization:
Frank Longo
May 07th 2009
47
Actually they have tried using vocal/dialog experts on various shows
Key
May 07th 2009
43
yo someone is in here saying star wars and 300 is period pieces.
PlanetInfinite
May 09th 2009
51
yo someone here ain't got SHIT to add to the convo
kayru99
May 09th 2009
53
it just sounds better really...
UKBlack
May 14th 2009
54
All humans before 1932 were British
Wordman
May 15th 2009
55
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