That must be the only reasonable explanation behind the fact that many popular TV shows feature main American English speaking characters who off camera revert to their British or Australian dialect.
Why they have to teach a non-American speaking performer to learn to speak American instead hiring American actors?
Take for instance the thankfully canceled TV show called Flash Forward. Its main character is FBI agent Mark Benford aptly played by Joseph Fiennes. The dialect is as American as can be. But I heard Mr. Fiennes being interviewed and he does speak with heavy British pronunciation.
It was a mediocre show with a mediocre cast. Couldn't they find an American actor to play that role?
In Lost the role of Sayid a supposed former Iraqi soldier was played by Naveen Andrews a British actor who spoke more American than British. When interviewed after the final show he did speak nice British.
In the crime drama Law & Order the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney is played by Linus Roache an English actor. In the show he speaks real New York but off the show he speaks the king's English.
I should be the last to complain about giving immigrants an opportunity but this is just plain ridiculous. This country has more aspiring actors and actresses looking for work than the rest of the world combined. And some of them are even talented.
Why in the world they have to bring people in from the outside and let them use phony dialects?
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In college when one aspires to become an economist he has to learn to forecast, to be able to see the financial future of a company, of a municipality, country or whatever field he chooses to work in.
Forecasts were usually made for a fiscal year or for longer periods depending upon the entity they were forecasted for. But that was the past.
The way the market is yo-yo-ing around and the way business news is conveyed to the public economists now have to forecast only for same day afternoon or the next day morning.
This is obvious since one morning the economy looks dreary and the same afternoon suddenly the sun is shining.
Forecasts were usually made for a fiscal year or for longer periods depending upon the entity they were forecasted for. But that was the past.
The way the market is yo-yo-ing around and the way business news is conveyed to the public economists now have to forecast only for same day afternoon or the next day morning.
This is obvious since one morning the economy looks dreary and the same afternoon suddenly the sun is shining.
As you know, the better English actors, speak the Queens English, which is THE English, the best unadultarated English. Your English, well.... I dont want to be unkind!
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