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02/26/2002 Entry: "Shh.. the accent is fake"

I know, I know, I haven't posted for a while... but I've been busy. I was just in Macbeth (which went very well), and the day after we finished it's run I got called up to be in the next play. And being in plays is good, because you get to party a lot, whilst simultaneously getting lots of ego-stroking attention from people you barely know.

In Macbeth I played a messenger. My job was, at various points, to run up and give Macbeth bad news. Then he'd get enraged and throw me across stage. Even though it was a small part, a fair number of people I don't know have recognized me and said they liked the job I did. Except for one old lady, who (so I hear from one of the ushers), didn't like the fact that I was the only person in the cast to use a fake English accent.

Trouble is, that's my real accent. Everyone else on the cast was just fine using their regular Canadian accent, so it hadn't occurred to me that my own accent would stick out.

When I heard about what she said, I felt a little bad, like she was criticizing my acting or something. Except the accent has nothing to do with my acting, it's just there. It's like someone criticizing your makeup when you're not wearing any.

For this new play I'm in, I'm playing a priest who carries a gun and by the end of the show takes part in a ritualistic killing. Accents ought to be the last thing old ladies are concerned about after seeing this one.

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Accents schmaccents
(now just try saying that)

Posted by Am @ 03/13/2002 12:38 PM mst

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