Good People - The conventional wisdom regarding theatrical stage is that if one cannot do a good job at an accent, one should not do it at all (this explains why in a recent Robin Hood movie, for example, the main character sounded like a Yank - that and Kevin Costner can't act).
This does not entitle one not to practice at dialects, though. I feel this is as applicable to the musical stage as well. It's all just vowels when one sings, after all. Right? D --- Stephan Olbertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am 30 Sep 2003 um 14:08 hat David Rastall > geschrieben: > > > On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 09:54 PM, Jon > Murphy wrote: > > > > > Forget pronounciation... > > > > I agree. "Putting on" an accent is one thing, but > reproducing someone > > else's speech perfectly is very difficult. > > Maybe as difficult as playing the lute. It's only > fair to get > the singers into some work, isn't it? :-) > > Stephan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
