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re: Best/Worst southern accents you've seen in TV or movies?

Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:28 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:28 pm to
Everybody in this laughably awful movie* is pretty bad



But special mention must be made of Michael Caine. Sometimes he's Cockney, sometimes Jethro Bodine, sometimes a bizarre mix of the two.










*Filmed in BR, resulting in a widely reported incident when the cast tried to check into The Bellemont, which would not permit the black actors to register.
Posted by moontigr
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:58 pm to
Gary Sinise and James Cromwell in The Green Mile


"Vicksboig"
"Goils"
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 3:10 pm
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:22 pm to
Dennis Quaid’s “Cajun” accent in “Big Easy”
Posted by peaster68
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:50 pm to
Kevin Spacey in A Time To Kill gets on my nerves…
Posted by lsusa
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:49 am to
The best Southern accents in a movie hands down belong to Smokey & The Bandit.

Obviously Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds didn’t have to act. They just spoke in their normal voices.

Jackie Gleason nailed his “accent” absolutely perfectly.

Mike Henry admittedly sounded a little more like one of them effeminate Ole Miss types than a Texas waddie.
Posted by Huey Lewis
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:15 am to
Black Hawk Down

Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, and Orlando Bloom all have surprisingly bad accents.
Posted by titmouse
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 7:29 am to
Chris Klein in Sweet Magnolias

Bonus pts for being an overall horrible actor to boot.

IYKYK
Posted by SquatchDawg
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 7:47 am to
quote:

The best Southern accents in a movie hands down belong to Smokey & The Bandit.


Absolutely.

I also always get a kick out of Reese Witherspoon at the end of Sweet Home Alabama when she punches Candice Bergen and goes redneck girl. She flips that switch easily.
Posted by SpillwayRoyalty
Member since Nov 2019
587 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 1:02 pm to
Best - Coach Brian Kelly saying Fam-uh-ly

Worst - My wife started watching a show with Saul Berenson from Homeland so I joined and couldnt get through the first scene with him doing a southern accent. It was kind of a Knives Out ripoff - Death and Other Details.
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

hard to top Dawson's accent in Varsity Blues for "worst southern accent"

Every character in True Blood but particularly Anna Paquin.
Posted by jmitc22
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:42 pm to
I hope someone already said this, but the winner is Kaylee Frye from Firefly
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:49 pm to
Jordana Spiro and Julia Garner (both New Yorkers) in Ozark. Both with sub par southern accents.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 8:50 pm
Posted by wareaglepete
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:54 pm to
Jeff Daniels in the new show Man In Full is pretty awful.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 1:21 am to
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Jeff Daniels in the new show Man In Full is pretty awful.


The show was overall decent but his voice was so grating I had to struggle to finish the series.
Posted by beauchristopher
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:04 am to
I was watching an episode of Boy Meets World last night and thought this was the worst I have ever heard.

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