[lit-ideas] The Night of the Iguana (Is: 'Massachussets' Kerr)
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:30:42 EDT
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"There are a hundred individual moments I could
offer up for ridicule [including] Deborah Kerr's [...]
Massachusetts accent".
The poster must know. I'm not so sure there is _one_ Massachusetts accent.
Andreas Ramos is right that there is a Boston accent, but I would qualify
regarding districts. I wouldn't think that the neighbourhood where Henry James
lived had a pecularly "Boston" accent (just English). The harbour area, or the
old part of coastline where Harvardites have the yacht club, possibly has more
of a _regional_ side to it.
Surely "Cape Cod" is not "Martha's Vineyard" is not the Berkshires, so I
wouldn't know _where_ in Massachussets Dame Deborah is supposed to make us
believe she comes from.
(Isn't it psycho-pathetic of actors and actresses that they must always
_delude_ their inner own accent?)
Cheers,
JL
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