It’s so hard because often in working with dialects, especially with vowel replacements, because we work so hard to nail those down, even when we let go of the effort, the invisible emphasis on those individuals sounds is still there, just subconsciously baked into the text.
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Or one of the better dialect notes I hear get used in a counterproductive way is that if you’re having trouble with a sound, placement, vowel, melody, etc etc etc to take the piece that’s giving you trouble and turn the phrasing into a specific acting choice.
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Or they could just, not? Most major cities aren't as region specific as they used to be anyway. I'll believe someone lives in Chicago but isn't FROM there. I hear the Boston waaaay too often for me to also have to hear to hear the bad stuff too.
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Well, the movie *is* set over fifty years ago.
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The Worcester accent is the richest, hardest to replicate, and criminally under appreciated.
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I know it better than anything (my mom's from worcester)
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As a lifelong Bostonian myself, I like to narrow it down to who has an authentic accent. I think Amanda Peet in “What Doesn’t Kill You” was amazing. Do you have a favorite? I find also our accent is a bit nasal & a register a little higher than most folks normal lilt.



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Right. I kept thinking "what is he doing?"
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But we're such notorious slow talkers.
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It's not haaaaabaaaaa. It's haba.
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ka-reckt.
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