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« Reply #1624 on: Today at 10:27:49 AM »

I watched the first episode because I heard John C. McGinley (Scrubs' Dr. Perry Cox) talk about it in an interview and I thought, well, I can't miss Michael Scott and Dr. Cox together on screen.  I remember vaguely enjoying it, but I didn't continue with it, and now I've cut HBO off.  Not continuing with it was less about the show itself and more about my disinterest in that modern style of comedy now.  I like the overt silliness of shows like Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, Community, etc., as opposed to the more realistic, toned-down styles of shows like Rooster or Shrinking
I kinda don't consider it a "comedy', although there are aspects of it that are funny. 

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« Reply #1625 on: Today at 03:23:50 PM »
As a MKE native,   that duo was indeed a 'thing' but I was also a young adult during their prime and Neil was definitely not cool so not really in my orbit of interest.  i basically lumped them in with other 'local' acts that I didn't pay any attention towards.   I was more of a Violent Femmes, BoDeans, Citizen King, The Gufs, local band supporter during those times.   

that said, I  really enjoyed the movie.

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« Reply #1626 on: Today at 03:35:54 PM »
BoDeans was great. They were not the same when Sammy left.
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« Reply #1627 on: Today at 03:38:12 PM »
Citizen King?  I was more a fan of Citizen Dick.




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« Reply #1628 on: Today at 03:43:48 PM »
As a MKE native,  that duo was indeed a 'thing' but I was also a young adult during their prime and Neil was definitely not cool so not really in my orbit of interest.  i basically lumped them in with other 'local' acts that I didn't pay any attention towards.  I was more of a Violent Femmes, BoDeans, Citizen King, The Gufs, local band supporter during those times. 

that said, I  really enjoyed the movie.
Curious, what did you think of Kate Hudson's accent? To my ear it was more Minnesota, or at least "up north," than MKE.

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« Reply #1629 on: Today at 03:49:10 PM »
No offense but I can't tell the difference between Minnesota and Wisconsin accents. 

If it's any consolation, in most movies and TV shows when someone is attempting a Texas accent, they're almost always actually doing a Deep South/Georgia type of accent.


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« Reply #1630 on: Today at 03:54:13 PM »
In my experience, Wisconsin accents vary widely across the state.
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« Reply #1631 on: Today at 03:56:06 PM »
In my experience, Wisconsin accents vary widely across the state.
They probably do.  And to my ear they all sound pretty much the same and they also sound like Minnesota accents. 

Like I said, apparently lots of folks think a Texas drawl and a Georgia accent sound the same as well, because that's what you hear 98% of the time from actors attempting it.

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« Reply #1632 on: Today at 04:00:57 PM »
There are 6 different accents across the Chicago metro. It's weird.
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« Reply #1633 on: Today at 04:04:05 PM »
There are a lot of different accents across Texas too, it's a pretty big place.  East Texans sound quite different than West Texans, to me.  But there's still a general Texan-ness to it so I could see why outsiders don't get it.

The Deep South accent on the other hand, really sounds nothing at all like Texan.  

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« Reply #1634 on: Today at 04:19:20 PM »
There are a lot of different accents across Texas too, it's a pretty big place.  East Texans sound quite different than West Texans, to me.  But there's still a general Texan-ness to it so I could see why outsiders don't get it.

The Deep South accent on the other hand, really sounds nothing at all like Texan. 
It doesn't sound like English.
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« Reply #1636 on: Today at 04:38:54 PM »
It doesn't sound like English.


It's the most "English" of all the US accents, so I've heard.

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« Reply #1637 on: Today at 04:41:05 PM »
I think some of the accents from New England sound the most "English."  I have no idea why, but the English, and some of those folks in the Northeast, add an "r" onto the end of words that end in "a."

Like, "I have an idea-r."  And such.

It's weird.

 

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