Idiolects in movies

August 23, 2017 9:42 AM

Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down 31 Actors Playing Real People
posted by Bulgaroktonos (14 comments total)

His AMA
posted by Ideefixe at 9:51 AM on August 23, 2017

I'm kind of bummed that he only looked at Joaquin Phoenix from Walk the Line, whose accent I feel was merely OK, when Reese Witherspoon absolutely nailed June Carter.
posted by zombieflanders at 10:22 AM on August 23, 2017 [2 favorites]

I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole trying to figure what on Earth is going with Jackie Kennedy's accent, and ended up here, where we learn that the same general heading covers her, Katherine Hepburn, and Darth Vader.
posted by Copronymus at 11:50 AM on August 23, 2017 [4 favorites]

I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole trying to figure what on Earth is going with Jackie Kennedy's accent, and ended up here, where we learn that the same general heading covers her, Katherine Hepburn, and Darth Vader.

This is so interesting. Never knew it existed but it explains a lot about many characters in pop culture with "unplaced" (?) accents.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 12:32 PM on August 23, 2017

It's a little thing, but the idea that there are people out there making an S sound by tipping their tongues down is weirding me out.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 12:45 PM on August 23, 2017 [3 favorites]

> It's a little thing, but the idea that there are people out there making an S sound by tipping their tongues down is weirding me out.

I had exactly the opposite reaction - I can't even figure out how you would make an S sound by tipping your tongue up! The air just stops!
posted by invokeuse at 1:11 PM on August 23, 2017 [8 favorites]

I enjoyed this very much and his other videos - about made-up languages and actors doing regional dialects - are also very interesting.
posted by Ziggy500 at 1:50 PM on August 23, 2017 [2 favorites]

I saw the video, and spent about 20 minutes practicing making my tongue-tip-down S sound like my natural tongue-tip-up S. It made me thirsty.
posted by numaner at 4:52 PM on August 23, 2017

Does this guy have a D.E.N.N.I.S. System for vocal coaching?
posted by Rhomboid at 5:48 PM on August 23, 2017 [2 favorites]

Demonstrate Accent
Enunciate Clearly
Nurture Dialogue
Neglect Idiolects
Imitate Speech
Separate Entirely

Yeah, no.
posted by flippant at 6:02 PM on August 23, 2017

I could watch this guy all day, honestly.
posted by desuetude at 11:21 PM on August 23, 2017 [3 favorites]

I think I've made this comment about casting Obi-Wan in the prequels before, but when I watched The Man in the White Suit I kept thinking the main actor was Ewan McGregor.
posted by ckape at 2:29 AM on August 24, 2017

I have a weird crush on this guy now.
posted by UnoDosTresEsto at 3:50 AM on August 24, 2017

What an ear this guy has.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 2:19 PM on August 24, 2017