Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight
I will agree with that. They told Elba that the audience just wouldn't get his British accent. I agree that is ridiculous, and shows how American TV continually dumbs itself down. But still, Elba was fun, despite that handicap. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:01:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight If anything, I'm marking this as *another* reason I'm never watching The Office. Why *not* let him use his *native* British accent? on two of the eight jobs I've had in my life, I've had a British supervisor. It's not an odd occurrence. But then, NBC is the outfit that owns Skiffy. Dangit! I'm going to have to find another derogatory nickname for them, with that name change. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:16:17 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This ought to be interesting. If you get time, listen to Elba's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. It's pretty long, about forty-five minutes, and quite informative. For example, Elba really wanted to have his native London accent in The Office, since he's so often asked to have an American accent in his work. The showrunners at first said yes, but later changed their minds, to his disappointment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271 Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009 · Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell Stringer Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real-estate mogul. Although Stringer never made it in the corporate world, Elba will soon be donning a suit: Starting next week, he'll play Michael Scott's new boss in NBC's popular prime-time comedy The Office . The trade journal Variety reported in January that he'll be with the show for a six-episode arc, playing a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba, 36, was with The Wire from 2002 to 2004. He's also appeared in many movies, including American Gangster , 28 Weeks Later , and Sometimes In April . He's also a DJ and a singer. The London-born actor stars in the thriller The Obsessed , due out later this year. He talks to Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about his work in music and movies, and about life after The Wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight
I think they wanted a Stringer Bell as your boss vibe and it worked somewhat. I loved that he thought Jim was an a$$hole and treated him as such. The women fighting over his scarf at the end was priceless. If you want full on Idris Elba in all his British glory check out RockNRolla. He and Gerard Butler are insanely funny in it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: I will agree with that. They told Elba that the audience just wouldn't get his British accent. I agree that is ridiculous, and shows how American TV continually dumbs itself down. But still, Elba was fun, despite that handicap. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:01:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight If anything, I'm marking this as *another* reason I'm never watching The Office. Why *not* let him use his *native* British accent? on two of the eight jobs I've had in my life, I've had a British supervisor. It's not an odd occurrence. But then, NBC is the outfit that owns Skiffy. Dangit! I'm going to have to find another derogatory nickname for them, with that name change. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:16:17 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This ought to be interesting. If you get time, listen to Elba's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. It's pretty long, about forty-five minutes, and quite informative. For example, Elba really wanted to have his native London accent in The Office, since he's so often asked to have an American accent in his work. The showrunners at first said yes, but later changed their minds, to his disappointment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271 Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009 · Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell Stringer Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real-estate mogul. Although Stringer never made it in the corporate world, Elba will soon be donning a suit: Starting next week, he'll play Michael Scott's new boss in NBC's popular prime-time comedy The Office . The trade journal Variety reported in January that he'll be with the show for a six-episode arc, playing a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba, 36, was with The Wire from 2002 to 2004. He's also appeared in many movies, including American Gangster , 28 Weeks Later , and Sometimes In April . He's also a DJ and a singer. The London-born actor stars in the thriller The Obsessed , due out later this year. He talks to Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about his work in music and movies, and about life after The Wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight
Truth all the way in that, Keith. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:59:19 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I will agree with that. They told Elba that the audience just wouldn't get his British accent. I agree that is ridiculous, and shows how American TV continually dumbs itself down. But still, Elba was fun, despite that handicap. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:01:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight If anything, I'm marking this as *another* reason I'm never watching The Office. Why *not* let him use his *native* British accent? on two of the eight jobs I've had in my life, I've had a British supervisor. It's not an odd occurrence. But then, NBC is the outfit that owns Skiffy. Dangit! I'm going to have to find another derogatory nickname for them, with that name change. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:16:17 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This ought to be interesting. If you get time, listen to Elba's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. It's pretty long, about forty-five minutes, and quite informative. For example, Elba really wanted to have his native London accent in The Office, since he's so often asked to have an American accent in his work. The showrunners at first said yes, but later changed their minds, to his disappointment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271 Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009 · Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell Stringer Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real-estate mogul. Although Stringer never made it in the corporate world, Elba will soon be donning a suit: Starting next week, he'll play Michael Scott's new boss in NBC's popular prime-time comedy The Office . The trade journal Variety reported in January that he'll be with the show for a six-episode arc, playing a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba, 36, was with The Wire from 2002 to 2004. He's also appeared in many movies, including American Gangster , 28 Weeks Later , and Sometimes In April . He's also a DJ and a singer. The London-born actor stars in the thriller The Obsessed , due out later this year. He talks to Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about his work in music and movies, and about life after The Wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight
LMNAO @ the truth! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:05:31 -0400 From : Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com It's early, so I'll forgive you guys for not making the connection. George Lucas has taught us that british accent = authority. Black + Male + Authority + NBC show = does not compute. On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: If anything, I'm marking this as *another* reason I'm never watching The Office. Why *not* let him use his *native* British accent? on two of the eight jobs I've had in my life, I've had a British supervisor. It's not an odd occurrence. But then, NBC is the outfit that owns Skiffy. Dangit! I'm going to have to find another derogatory nickname for them, with that name change. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:16:17 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This ought to be interesting. If you get time, listen to Elba's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. It's pretty long, about forty-five minutes, and quite informative. For example, Elba really wanted to have his native London accent in The Office, since he's so often asked to have an American accent in his work. The showrunners at first said yes, but later changed their minds, to his disappointment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271 Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009 · Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell Stringer Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real- estate mogul. Although Stringer never made it in the corporate world, Elba will soon be donning a suit: Starting next week, he'll play Michael Scott's new boss in NBC's popular prime-time comedy The Office . The trade journal Variety reported in January that he'll be with the show for a six-episode arc, playing a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba, 36, was with The Wire from 2002 to 2004. He's also appeared in many movies, including American Gangster , 28 Weeks Later , and Sometimes In April . He's also a DJ and a singer. The London-born actor stars in the thriller The Obsessed , due out later this year. He talks to Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about his work in music and movies, and about life after The Wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight
Yeah, it explains why many shows --The Office itself being an example--have to be remade instead of simply ported directly from Britain. I remember getting into discussions with friends who always told me Monty Python was stupid and extremely unfunny, but who'd then extol the virtues of Benny Hill! Slapstick trumping wit, alas... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:27:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Truth all the way in that, Keith. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:59:19 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I will agree with that. They told Elba that the audience just wouldn't get his British accent. I agree that is ridiculous, and shows how American TV continually dumbs itself down. But still, Elba was fun, despite that handicap. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:01:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight If anything, I'm marking this as *another* reason I'm never watching The Office. Why *not* let him use his *native* British accent? on two of the eight jobs I've had in my life, I've had a British supervisor. It's not an odd occurrence. But then, NBC is the outfit that owns Skiffy. Dangit! I'm going to have to find another derogatory nickname for them, with that name change. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Actor Idris Elba Starts Run on The Office Tonight Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:16:17 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This ought to be interesting. If you get time, listen to Elba's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. It's pretty long, about forty-five minutes, and quite informative. For example, Elba really wanted to have his native London accent in The Office, since he's so often asked to have an American accent in his work. The showrunners at first said yes, but later changed their minds, to his disappointment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271 Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009 · Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell Stringer Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real-estate mogul. Although Stringer never made it in the corporate world, Elba will soon be donning a suit: Starting next week, he'll play Michael Scott's new boss in NBC's popular prime-time comedy The Office . The trade journal Variety reported in January that he'll be with the show for a six-episode arc, playing a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba, 36, was with The Wire from 2002 to 2004. He's also appeared in many movies, including American Gangster , 28 Weeks Later , and Sometimes In April . He's also a DJ and a singer. The London-born actor stars in the thriller The Obsessed , due out later this year. He talks to Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about his work in music and movies, and about life after The Wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
