Is there a good website I can go to to get a good idea on how to do a accent-I need one for Mississippi? Or what movie has one?
2006-08-22 07:49:08 · 10 answers · asked by redirishactress 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Secret Window's a good one for Mississippi. The guy John Turtorro plays - the creepy one who's got an argument with the main character.
2006-08-24 15:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by Danii X 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In the Heat of the Night" was supposed to be set in Mississippi but I don't think it's necessarily a genuine accent. Go to this website because it seems to be a good article on mastering a Mississippi accent.
http://www.gulflive.com/living/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1142626506171950.xml
2006-08-22 15:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by mountaingirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two things.
1) Read "Sanctuary" by Faulkner.
2) Listen to Trent Lott and Haley Barbour. Both classic Miss. accents.
2006-08-23 23:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watch the Glass Menagerie, with Joanne Woodaward and John Malkovich
2006-08-22 19:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by cool_in_07 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gone With the Wind. Great accents - and you get an idea of the "southern girl". I don't recommend trying to watch the whole thing. Just grab some pieces from here and there.
and basically - as one from the south, you just stop ennuciating, roll everything out, get a little lazy with your vowels. "I" sounds like "Ahh", and "oil" sounds like "ole". "Alright" is "a-igh(t)".
Hope that helps.
2006-08-22 16:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by lysamariebetts 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mississipi Burning
2006-08-27 20:57:27 · answer #6 · answered by xxthespianxx 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crimes of the Heart and Miss Firecracker are set in Mississippi.
You can usually purchase dialect tapes at Samuel French. Check www.samuelfrench.com .
2006-08-22 18:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's a site that has downloadable mp3s:
http://www.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/usa/mississippi/mississippi.htm
2006-08-22 15:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fried Green Tomatoes... great accents in that flick.
2006-08-22 15:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by BeezKneez 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2006-08-22 14:55:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋