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the Chernobyl miniseries handled accents perfectly. Ostensibly in Russia it had everyone speaking English accents. The educated spoke in RP, but the miners sp
by orange_joe 2y ago
the Chernobyl miniseries handled accents perfectly. Ostensibly in Russia it had everyone speaking English accents. The educated spoke in RP, but the miners spoke with working class regional British accents. It added a lot of texture to the show.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoWhat is RP?
- darreninthenet 2y agoReceived Pronunciation - like a BBC newspeaker from the 1950s
- echelon 2y agoThis is really useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h09RqgrDgv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h09RqgrDgv4
- jjtheblunt 2y agoThanks (both)
- RichardCA 2y agoI've often wondered if Monty Python was just doing a big meta-parody of RP. That is, you speak like a proper Oxford man while also being absurd, and the comedy almost writes itself. https://youtu.be/ZArgEvK2R1s https://youtu.be/ZArgEvK2R1s
- amiga386 2y agoMonty Python were mostly making fun of the BBC; the BBC at the time had very stiff and paternalistic presenters. It's why the BBC had the nickname "Auntie", after your old-fashioned Auntie who know's what's best for you. I think the requirement that they must speak RP had ended by the 1960s, but the BBC still had a lot of programmes and presenters with that schtick. Here's an example from 1968: https://youtu.be/GwRRSJ_wtIg?t=152 https://youtu.be/GwRRSJ_wtIg?t=152 They do make fun of the upper class speech in e.g. Woody and Tinny Words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-51DhOzHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-51DhOzHE In terms of comedy, a lot of what Monty Python did had already been done in the 1950s by The Goon Show - the surreal situations, the funny voices, the silly noises; Python were massive fans of the Goons, and to their credit, the Pythons were able to bring that energy to television in a way that the Goons couldn't.
- slothtrop 2y agoExcept Skarsgard
- lo_zamoyski 2y agoHe must have been born in a village that rests in the shadow of the Piz Palü, where in that village, they all speak like this.
- Balgair 2y agoThe Death of Stalin also handled the accent issues well. The actors used a lot of English accents to help represent the many accents that Russian also has.