Why fake posh English accents are everywhere in Hollywood films
From Nosferatu to Schindler’s List. Gemma King, senior lecturer in French Studies and an ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies ...
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Routes of English Special - Talking Posh
Presenter Melvyn Bragg In this special edition of Routes of English, Melvyn Bragg turns ... many cases stretches back to the Middle Ages? The language of the upper classes is known by language ...
Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood, from Nosferatu to Gladiator II
Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.
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Routes of English Special - Talking Posh
Presenter Melvyn Bragg In this special edition of Routes of English, Melvyn Bragg turns ... many cases stretches back to the Middle Ages? The language of the upper classes is known by language ...
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Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood
In two of the biggest films released this summer, Gladiator II and Nosferatu, most actors seem to be speaking like they’re in a Shakespeare play – even though their characters are based in ...
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Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood
Hollywood has long resorted to this posh-but-unspecific English accent when telling stories set in European spaces where English isn’t the native language. This imperial accent appears in ...