It is infamous. It is legendary. It is mocked and mimicked at every turn. It is reviled, but also applauded. Because it is just so… much. It is the difference between John F. Kennedy and Mark Wahlberg. Either way, there is nothing subtle about the Boston accent.
Like the accent, Boston itself is a juxtaposition of disparate universes. Most of the time, in fact, Hollywood gets the Boston accent outlandishly, maddeningly wrong.
And if you are from Boston, then the Bad Boston Accent is virtually impossible to ignore. Which is not to say that these are not all brilliant actors. Because they are. Neither does Ben Affleck. And yet, they do. The Boston accent is a vibe. Or there was one, at one point and time, long before she decided she was from Spain. But I also understand the impulse to feel that what one is, is not interesting enough, is not exotic enough. Boston is not exotic.
Any city wherein grown adults wear seersucker shorts with lobster appliques unironically can not be exotic. There was a time, when I was a freshman at Cornell, that my thick Boston accent became a source of crippling embarrassment.
I felt dumb, incapable of being taken seriously. So I made a conscientious effort to change it. I worked at it, studied the students and professors on campus. But it was all just so much effort.
And after a few weeks, I just stopped. I liked my accent, it was fine. Truth is, you are always better at being yourself than you are at being anybody else. Maybe it was all part of a marketing stunt. Maybe she just got bored. Who knows why people do what they do?
Bulger has blue eyes, Depp has brown. Bulger is a plot locomotive- just barrelling through and doing his thing, while the moral dilemmas all centered on Connolly. He started off with the intention of saving Boston from the mob, and bit by bit, decision by decision, ended up facilitating the rise of the Winter Hill Gang and Bulger taking over everything.
Well played by everyone involved. Not like that. NB: Anyone who tells you that no one in Boston has a Boston accent is someone who hangs out with people who are either not from Boston originally or are upper and middle class white people from specific areas. My roommates are both born and raised in the Boston area, and Girl! This movie has flaws, and it has high points. The performances are powerful, and to bring to life a dramatization of a real story is a difficult goal that this film for the most part pulled off.
I agree that it dragged at times. And strangely, it glossed over a lot of the bad stuff Bulger did. Joel Egerton was fantastic, but did you notice none of the characters aged?
At all? Not one gray hair in sight, even though the movie covered close to 20 years. I have known very few people who sound anything like the Kennedys which is what everyone seems to think a Boston accent sounds like. I can tell if you come from North or South of Boston and most of the places in between.
This is my own humble opinion, but most British actors and actresses do horrible American accents- they just go too nasal. I am curious to see the movie as I am sure most people from this area are. Let me tell you, no 2 people have the same accent. It really is amazing. Just try and get someone from Boston and Worcester together, and you would never know they live 45 minutes from each other from the way they sound.
Hell, I live here and I have trouble mimicking some of the different accents. Your Website:. Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail.
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