Is Maude British?

Da Stranger · August 23, 2010, 02:38:54 PM

Whats the deal with that accent? Got it from her mother maybe?

cakebelly · August 23, 2010, 02:53:08 PM

Hey there, Crane

According to the Coen Brothers (on the 10th Anniversary Edition of TBL - Extras disc); Maude's accent isn't British (you could have fooled me and I'm a Brit) but a kinda generic "finishing school" accent. Take it easy, man.

Da Stranger · August 23, 2010, 10:59:50 PM

That's fucking interesting, man, that's fucking interesting.......but lets not forget, lets not forget ...uh....in the parlance of our times.....the preferred nomenclature....uh....uh....within the city......that ain't legal either.

BikerDude · August 25, 2010, 11:48:15 AM

No her accent is Eastern elite.
The female version of Thurston Howell the 3rd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwA3AJPWphQ

Da Stranger · August 25, 2010, 01:35:30 PM

Ah ok, must be Mid-Atlantic English, the accent of the completely, uh, spoiled.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English

BikerDude · August 25, 2010, 02:32:13 PM

Quote from: Crane Jackson on August 25, 2010, 01:35:30 PM
Ah ok, must be Mid-Atlantic English, the accent of the completely, uh, spoiled.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English

Well sort of. I'd call it New England. That's where all the boys and girls schools are. It
mostly doesn't exist anymore. But in our area we still have Mary Lou Whitney lead the parade
through town. She is the only actual living example of this sort of thing that I know of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwCTxKqT930

cckeiser · August 25, 2010, 02:45:54 PM

Reminds me of Gray Gardens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh4iGtjlqMc

DigitalBuddha · August 25, 2010, 09:34:58 PM

Quote from: BikerDude on August 25, 2010, 11:48:15 AM
No her accent is Eastern elite.
The female version of Thurston Howell the 3rd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwA3AJPWphQ

Speaking of which, mang, I nominate Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III) as a great dude in history.

Check out http://www.nndb.com/people/864/000043735/

And an interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wj9CiKsFM&feature=related

laid back dave · August 27, 2010, 03:07:27 PM

Maude's accent is just too english to be err, english...did I just say that, it sounds ok in my head except for the echo.

Zen Dog · August 27, 2010, 06:19:52 PM

Easten elite works for me. A bit like that arsehole that fucked with Jonathon E in Rollerball.
Please excuse the amnesia.Just watched TBL with my boy as he's now old enough,we went bowling tonight
and he hardly needs help at all to line up the frame.
Shit,won't be long before he can drive us home without sitting on my lap.

Da Stranger · August 28, 2010, 07:07:20 AM

Oh cool, then you can handle the money and talk n d phone while he drives the car and throws out the ringer.

DigitalBuddha · August 28, 2010, 12:55:53 PM

Quote from: Da Stranger on August 28, 2010, 07:07:20 AM
Oh cool, then you can handle the money and talk n d phone while he drives the car and throws out the ringer.

And I would like my dirty undies back.

Da Stranger · August 28, 2010, 02:13:16 PM

We takes da undies!

Matt the Walrus · August 29, 2010, 07:11:21 PM

Interesting thing. It's been a while since I watched the interviews on my copy of TBL but I recall Julianne Moore saying that Maude didn't have an accent but an affectation. According to the internet an affection is "conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance; effort to attract notice by pretense, assumption, or any assumed peculiarity."

DigitalBuddha · August 29, 2010, 08:32:47 PM

Yeah? What do you think happens when you get a movie part? You turn in your library card? Get a new driver's license? You take on a phony accent?