Word: accents
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...termitarium does not seem the natural habitat of a writer, but Turow blends in easily. He carries a suitably stuffed and scuffed briefcase; he wears dark suits and serious, lace-up lawyer shoes. (Occasionally some modest stripes on his white shirts will betray a whiff of bohemian raffishness.) His accent in no way distinguishes his speech from that heard in the hallways or elevators; he flattens his vowels and comes down hard on his rs, in the approved Midwestern manner, and tends to drop the final g from words like coming...
...could sort of figure out what people were saying," says Knight, who still retains his British accent. "I would say one thing and people wouldn't know what I was saying...
John Copeland skillfully plays Sheldon Forrester, a elderly Black actor with a gift for deadpan. Copeland is effortlessly hilarious. Offering the most realistic portrayal of the show, Copeland's mannerisms and accent are right...
...tony cast members are made to play against their strengths. Kline buckles under the burden of an Italian accent not heard since the passing of Chico Marx. Ullman tamps down her TV exuberance and meekly disappears into the black hole of her role. Joan Plowright, a grande dame of English theater, plays a Yugoslav granny, and loses. William Hurt, as a dim doper hired to kill Joey, works beyond his range and beneath his gifts. The same may be said of Kasdan. The director of Body Heat and The Big Chill now wastes his time on the movie equivalent...
...wonderful when it was family," she remembers. "But when my friends came over, I was embarrassed." Selling movie projects in Hollywood, director Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing, Eat a Bowl of Tea) finds some studio executives "patronizing or confused." Says he: "If you speak English with a French accent, they say, 'That's cute.' But if you speak it with a Chinese accent, people say, 'That's awful. He's killing our language...