Posted on 01/10/2018 7:58:38 AM PST by C19fan
When the sociolinguist Calvin Gidney saw The Lion King in theaters two decades ago, he was struck by the differences between Mufasa and Scar. The characters don’t have much in common: Mufasa is heroic and steadfast, while Scar is cynical and power-hungry. But what Gidney noticed most was how they each spoke: Mufasa has an American accent, while Scar, the lion of the dark side, roars in British English. In a climactic scene in which Scar accuses Simba of being the “murderer!” responsible for Mufasa’s death, the final “r” in his declaration floats up into a sky bursting with lightning, and it’s hard to imagine it sounding quite as monstrous in another tone.
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While I see your point about Pottsylvania being a stand-in for Soviet Russia, the map of Pottsylvania does not look anything like Russia.And it's too small.
To confuse matters even further, Fearless Leader has a German accent!
Most likely, Pottsylvania is just a generic small, nasty, East European Russian satellite. Maybe Boris and Natasha have been seconded to Pottsylvania by the KGB.
Naw, but Yankees are!(snicker, snicker!) fly!”(snicker, snicker!)
True. Weird but true.
Destro with a Sean Connery voice would have been epic (and accurate).
Like in the election meddling cartoon where the villains speak with Russian accents?
Never in my life have I seen so many adults (?) agonizing over freakin’ CARTOONS.
Most of America’s “villains” have typically been foreigners, or those who speak another language. THEY’RE GONNA HAVE ACCENTS.
I learned a good bit of German when I was overseas, but real Germans told me I had an ACCENT.
Right here, in the USA, anytime a movie wants to denote hillbillies/hicks/rednecks, they FAKE a Southern accent. On big city gang movies, it’s Chicago, or Noo Yawk accents; cowboy movies feature Texas accents, and don’t forget the “Valley Girls” of California.
Hollywood has stereotyped everyone from the time the “talkies” were invented.
Most of us, with a stable, adult mind find these cartoons either, silly, or humorous. They weren’t created with the intent to degrade, immortalize, or insult anyone...just to be friggin’ CARTOONS. Normally fare for children.
In past years I’ve heard complaints that the Roadrunner is “abusive” to the Coyote. All the time, the coyote is trying to catch said roadrunner, kill him, and have him for lunch.
It’s pen and ink drawings, transferred to celluloid, and projected on a screen. They don’t feel pain, remorse, embarrassment, or any other emotion unless an ARTIST draws them in.
Some days I can’t believe what I read about this crap.
Dag blast it! Ya daggum, rackin’ frackin’ redneck rebel skunk you!
But Sean Connery has a Welsh accent!
Years ago THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES appeared on TV — NBC, to be exact. It was followed by Johnny Carson.
Carson walked on stage and said, “I just saw THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Gee, I didn’t know Martians had British accents.”
Your 3 assertions are bang-bang! spot-on!
I hold the same views but never said it quite that well; bravo!
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