tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670821364008433678.post5013112928045230648..comments2024-01-13T11:04:46.141+00:00Comments on Addicted to Media: Show: DemonsMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670821364008433678.post-21788491081322970892009-02-23T13:32:00.000+00:002009-02-23T13:32:00.000+00:00Oh! I would love to see Hugh Jackman on stage! It...Oh! I would love to see Hugh Jackman on stage! It must have been lovely!Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670821364008433678.post-1525938503702059342009-02-20T18:34:00.000+00:002009-02-20T18:34:00.000+00:00I love that Hugh Laurie made both lists...lol. I t...I love that Hugh Laurie made both lists...lol. I think he does all right, but there's a certain tone he gets that's kind of nasally--Damian Lewis and Linus Roache have it too. It's not anything that jumps out as "wrong!"...it's just something that occurred to me when I took the time to think about it. Just like Aussies tend to make their voices deeper to do an American accent. :P<BR/><BR/>I did notice on Law & Order a couple weeks ago that Linus's character said someone was going "on holiday"--which no one says here. It's "on vacation" or maybe "away for the holiday". Just a small thing, of course, but it made me smile.<BR/><BR/>As for Leo, he's such a good actor otherwise, I'm surprised he did such a bad job. I know actors are supposed to be able to do anything, but when it's a more distinctive accent, I'm not sure why they can't get someone who actually has it. Just like I don't understand why they get non-singers to do musicals.<BR/><BR/>For your wedding anniversary...hee...well, that was hubby's present to you, right? And Harry Lloyd--what a honey! I just looked him up and saw that he did two Doctor Who episodes--I do remember his hotness, but I'll have to go rewatch them to absorb it better. :)<BR/><BR/>The trip that proved my hubby loved me was when I took him to New York to meet up with some gal friends of mine, to see Eddie Izzard perform, and to see Hugh Jackman in the "Boy from Oz" musical...lol. Luckily he finds Eddie funny and we were both blown away by how incredibly gifted Hugh Jackman was. In a rather dismal production, he was a beacon of awesomeness. *G*Valerie Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267319902957832461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670821364008433678.post-83994869065593174372009-02-18T11:59:00.000+00:002009-02-18T11:59:00.000+00:00Oh yeah, I saw a list the other day of Worst Ameri...Oh yeah, I saw a list the other day of Worst American accents. Hugh Laurie is on the best and the worst list! The worst is when people try do South African accents - Leonardo DiCaprio was the worst in Blood Diamond. It was several minutes into the film and I couldn't place his accent. Then he said "bru" which is a classic South Africanism and the whole theatre erupted in laughter as we finally realised he was meant to be South African!! Tragic accent. <BR/><BR/>Don't worry - my priorities are with good looking men too. As evidenced by the fact that I took my husband to a Harry Lloyd play last year for <I>our wedding anniversary</I>.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670821364008433678.post-53265038126100632192009-02-16T18:34:00.000+00:002009-02-16T18:34:00.000+00:00That's too bad the show turned out so awful. The v...That's too bad the show turned out so awful. The vid makes it look like it has potential...and of course the young guy is uber cute--you can see where my priorities are, heh.<BR/><BR/>Most of the British actors on American TV have to have American accents because apparently we identify with them less when they have that "funny" accent. Grr. Sometimes the results are fine, sometimes they sound a bit weird. It's not as big a deal when the accent makes sense to the plot, but if they have to adopt a different accent for no good reason, it is annoying.Valerie Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267319902957832461noreply@blogger.com