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Word: accents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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That someone is Rico, a drug lord from the jungles of Colombia. Rico speaks in a heavy accent and lusts for revenge and power. He dresses in silk suits and has a taste--or a smell--for cocaine...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Bad Guys, Good Guys | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

Forget about Mick Dundee for a bit, and focus on Rico the drug lord. Why is he portrayed as a Colombian, instead of just another bad guy? Why does he have to speak with an accent that makes Ricardo Montalban sound like Lord Byron...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Bad Guys, Good Guys | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

TONY Montana, the Cuban drug leader made famous by Al Pacino in Scarface, is the foremost example of Hollywood's currently favored stereotype. Montana is cold and ruthless. He sniffs everything from cocaine to slush puppies. And, of course, his accent is so thick that even a chainsaw couldn't affect...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Bad Guys, Good Guys | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

...vivacious twelve-year-old who reads John Updike, finds Nancy Drew too predictable, and recites T.S. Eliot's poem The Journey of the Magi in a clipped British accent. A pianist, she talks enthusiastically about her favorite composers, Bach and Mozart. With her charm, dancing eyes and radiant smile, Vera Zieman should be one of the most popular girls in her Moscow school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lonely World of a Refusenik | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...sort of Bugs Bunny accent in which he wooed...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

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