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merrily

(45,251 posts)
5. I havent seen MASH in a while. Didn't
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:34 AM
Jun 2014

the actor who played Winchester do a pretty bad Boston Brahmin accent?

Thurston Howell did a speaking through clenched teeth kind of thing that Kerry doesn't do.

But yes, Kerry does sound like a patrician. What else would he sound like? A longshoreman? (Maybe he does. I guess I have no clue what a longshoreman sounds like.)

As an aside, Boston must be a very hahd, um, hard, accent to mimic because the only one I've ever heard get it right was Affleck in Good Will Hunting.

The Boston accent of the guy who played Cliff Clavin on Cheers was pitiful. Laughable, but not in a good way.

So is that of very actor I've heard attempt it, aside from Affleck. Wait-- Leo Di Caprio's wasn't bad in The Departed. He only did a hint of it, instead of attempting a heavy accent, as did the Clavin guy. Most actors are better advised to forget about it and just speak normally, I think. At least then, they won't have us laughing during a drama.

Quintessential old school Boston accent: Mayor Menino. Being a fan of all accents, I used to love, love, love it every time Menino bet other mayors over ball games, because he always bet a loahbstah dinnah.

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