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Obligatory mention: TV series Detectorists [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists
by jnsaff2 2y ago
Obligatory mention: TV series Detectorists [0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists
- Lio 2y agoGreat show and I thoroughly recommend it but... Everyone in it seems to be doing these dodgy "oo ur" West Country farmer caricature. I can't think of a single character with an actual Suffolk accent. If I compare to The Dig[1], another great film about finding buried treasure in Suffolk[2], Ralph Fiennes nails it[3]. It's like the good ol' days when the BBC used get Rada trained actors to put on "Cockney" accents to represent the working classes. 1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3661210/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3661210/ 2. Sutton Hoo, a set of long boats commerating dead Anglo-Saxon kings. Probably the greatest treasure ever found in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8yri1nejc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8yri1nejc
- jfengel 2y agoIt's great that The Dig nails the accent. Unfortunately, its history is not very good, especially in its portrayal of the women involved.
- Lio 2y agoOh yeah I totally agree, it is highly fictional. I mean it's Netflix, so I would definitely treat it as nothing more than entertainment. I'm half surprised they didn't try to work Sutton Hoo's proximity to the Rendlesham Forest Incident in there to spice things up with an alien landing[1]. It's literally just over the road. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident
- ascorbic 2y agoDetectorists is filmed in Suffolk, but it's set in Essex. Not that that makes the accents any more appropriate. Mackenzie Crook is just using his natural accent though, which is Kentish.