There's a whole genre of British films where they cosplay as American Midwesterners, but they can't do American accents, so the whole thing is uncanny valley stuff.
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There’s a whole genre of British films where they cosplay as American Midwesterners, but they can’t do American accents, so the whole thing is uncanny valley stuff.
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There’s a whole genre of British films where they cosplay as American Midwesterners, but they can’t do American accents, so the whole thing is uncanny valley stuff.
@atomicpoet When watching British TV series, especially ones without huge budget, it’s hilarious to see/hear an obviously British actor playing an American. (This happens not infrequently on the mid-level UK detective shows we watch.)
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@atomicpoet When watching British TV series, especially ones without huge budget, it’s hilarious to see/hear an obviously British actor playing an American. (This happens not infrequently on the mid-level UK detective shows we watch.)
@michaelgemar @atomicpoet I mena, they have to get revenge of all the US actors faking a British accent somehow
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@michaelgemar @atomicpoet I mena, they have to get revenge of all the US actors faking a British accent somehow
@oblomov @atomicpoet Oi, guv’ner! Pip pip, cheerio, and all that!
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@michaelgemar @atomicpoet I mena, they have to get revenge of all the US actors faking a British accent somehow
Oblomov Michael Gemar Yeah, but there’s also a whole thing about British people coming to the USA, and getting universal praise because they’re British and acting like Americans.
Key & Peele did a famous sketch on this:
So it’s therefore funny seeing low budget British films where the actors just aren’t very good and can’t pull the American accent off.
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@oblomov @atomicpoet Oi, guv’ner! Pip pip, cheerio, and all that!
Michael Gemar Oblomov Are you summoning Dick Van Dyke?
