Word: whitebread
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fair, though, blame for its demise should be spread among several conspirators. Director Ted Kotcheff greedily sought to corner Quebec's French-Canadian market (Joshua was made and expected to flourish in Montreal) by casting Gabrielle Lazure, a French-Canadian starlet, in the lead role of Joshua's whitebread bedmate. This idea backfired, however, because the real Lazure has a strong accent, immediately conspicuous to the Montreal ear. To patch this up, her lines have been dubbed by a monotoned off-screen actress whose voice doesn't at all sound like it comes from Lazure's body. Plainly, a huge...