In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:
It was semi-serious. Apparently in days of yore some locally made movies
were in fact dubbed into USA accents because audiences couldn't follow them
in the original.

I can't watch Mad Max now. When it first hit the US, it was in perfectly
understandable 'Strine. Then it got successful and some genius decided
it needed to be overdubbed in crap-tastic US accents. It's dreadful.

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Derald wrote:
Ecnerwal wrote:

I can't watch Mad Max now. When it first hit the US, it was in
perfectly understandable 'Strine. Then it got successful and some
genius decided it needed to be overdubbed in crap-tastic US accents.
It's dreadful.
I haven't seen any of those mentioned except for Masterchef. I
remember that, before he got his ass killed, there was some relatively
young, blonde, Aussie natureboy dude who was quite popular in the
'States, too; can't remember his name.

Steve Irwin. Got hisself killed wrasslin a sting ray. A fine case of
Darwining yourself. (see the Darwin Awards).

He also took his child ( then literally a babe in arms) into the croc
enclosure with the crocs that he daily teased with meat, what a juicy
morsel! It was so she could learn the family schtick he claimed. In front
of the cameras of course. So strutted the Beastmaster.

Some people want him beatified, the family has now written his hagiography
so anything is possible.

David

"Derald" wrote in message

Sorry, I digress.

I thought that was compulsory on usenet?

"Ecnerwal" wrote in message
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In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:
It was semi-serious. Apparently in days of yore some locally made movies
were in fact dubbed into USA accents because audiences couldn't follow
them
in the original.

I can't watch Mad Max now. When it first hit the US, it was in perfectly
understandable 'Strine. Then it got successful and some genius decided
it needed to be overdubbed in crap-tastic US accents. It's dreadful.

LOL. That's sinful thing to do to a cult movie.

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
Derald wrote:
Ecnerwal wrote:

I can't watch Mad Max now. When it first hit the US, it was in
perfectly understandable 'Strine. Then it got successful and some
genius decided it needed to be overdubbed in crap-tastic US accents.
It's dreadful.
I haven't seen any of those mentioned except for Masterchef. I
remember that, before he got his ass killed, there was some relatively
young, blonde, Aussie natureboy dude who was quite popular in the
'States, too; can't remember his name.

Steve Irwin. Got hisself killed wrasslin a sting ray. A fine case of
Darwining yourself. (see the Darwin Awards).

I didn't know that he even existed until after his death.

When I admitted that in an American dominated ng, I was taken to task for
not knowing him by an American who thought he and his show were wonderful.
When I did find out what he did and actaully got to see one of his TV shows,
all I could do was cringe at both his accent and his gormlessness. He was a
total construct for a TV audience IMO.

He also took his child ( then literally a babe in arms) into the croc
enclosure with the crocs that he daily teased with meat, what a juicy
morsel! It was so she could learn the family schtick he claimed. In
front of the cameras of course. So strutted the Beastmaster.

Some people want him beatified, the family has now written his hagiography
so anything is possible.

Well they won't get any support from me.

Not all that long ago, I heard a replay of a radio interview of him about
some conservation issue or other. What fascinated me about the recording
was that he started out with that appalling accent and sounding his usuual
daft self but the longer the interview went on and the more immersed and
passionate he got about the subject, the more educated he began to sound and
the more his appalling accent dropped away until he sounded just like any
other middle class Aussie.