RE: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain...

ats. J > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > > > > > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Tom Wolper > *Sent:* Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:17 PM > *To:* TV or not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> >

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British accent as I'm a mild French or German one, and probably prefer them to the Southern American redneck drawl. Doug Fields Tampa, FL Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain... From: Tom Wolper <

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French or > German one, and probably prefer them to the Southern American redneck drawl. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > > ---- Original Message ---- > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly > from Britain... > From: Tom Wolper &

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From: adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie >I was going to suggest comparing it with the real thing. Have a listen to >Jimmy Nail's character in the drama Auf Wiedersehn, Pet: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWykvmc4Nw4. YouTube's auto-generated captions

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e Southern American redneck drawl.Doug FieldsTampa, FL  Original Message Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain... From: Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, April 19, 2016 6:19 pm To: TV or not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.c

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Tom Wolper wrote > > > For American viewers English accents are like black and white movies. It > isn't that viewers can't understand what is going on in B movies, it's > just that they tune in, see B, and tune out. I think it is the same when

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that > Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 > > Happy Valley is set in a

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From: adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie >But you know, over this side of the pond we cope just fine with southern >drawls, New Yawk accents and pretty much anything you throw at us. Plus we've >watched Aussie soaps for years. So I think complaining

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Something else that the UK/original version of the series has going for it are actors well known to Americans. It simply doesn't make sense to recast someone else in Hugh Laurie's role. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Well you've understood British

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Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 Happy Valley is set in a Yorkshire town and the accent may be unfamiliar. However, the dialogue is so smart and

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Adam Bowie, in part: > > in Britain we've been a bit spoilt for local drama with an excellent > second series of Happy Valley (well worth checking out on Netflix, although > some American ears may need closed captions turned on) > Part of the one AMC honcho's reasoning was that the accents

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The Night Manager is a really superior drama, and one I thoroughly recommend. It performed massively well in Britain where it aired in the 9pm Sunday slot - probably the most prestigious slot on UK television. Easily one of the best things this year - and in Britain we've been a bit spoilt for

[TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain...

...instead of getting the rights to adapt and produce a whole-separate show set in the States... THR (link) One example of the former, the Hugh Laurie/Tom Hiddleston slammer "The Night Manager" got a couple