my favorite is still the Navajo Indians who play everything from Cherokee to Pueblo.... But they always speak in Navajo (and oh, the things they say)... On Jan 10, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Douglas Deal wrote: > Jean Spradlin-Miller wrote: >> This is the problem with the portrayal of all Southerners on >> television. The producers are consistently narrow minded -- >> everyone speaks with either the "old plantation" drawl, or the >> ignorant sounding "Tobacco Road" drawl. >> > > Much of the time, to add insult to injury, southerners are > portrayed by > non-southerners. This makes the required "suspension of disbelief" all > the more difficult, and can even ruin a whole show, whether on the > stage, the silver screen, the monitor or the cell phone (not that MY > cell phone can do anything special... just trying to keep up with the > times). > > Oh well, these representations of real life will always fall short of > the real thing. Instead of characters with implausible accents, we are > surrounded by real people, who all have their own accents (mostly). > > Doug Deal > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html