Character's accent
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Archie Panjabi
dca44 — 14 years ago(October 11, 2011 10:01 PM)
I just watched this show for the first time and I couldn't get over how much her British accent seeped through Is she supposed to be playing an American? I guess it isn't a big deal as she seems like a really good actress but I just can't get over it
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Julie_Julii — 14 years ago(October 31, 2011 02:57 PM)
Her accent on The Good Wife bothered me from the start. It's quite messy with lots of British intonation slipping through.
I thought it may be revealed that Kalinda was actually British and this was part of her cover, especially when the PI began looking into her pass. One guest character even commented on her 'interesting' accent.
But even that turned out to be a disappointment - she's meant to be a native Canadian and not even Canadians have accents that slippery! -
celavie77 — 14 years ago(December 25, 2011 08:01 PM)
she's meant to be a native Canadian and not even Canadians have accents that slippery!
No she's not. Blake believed that she used to be Leela Tahiri who "died in a house fire in Toronto." The show never established that she was a NATIVE Canadian at all. Just that she might have been in Canada at one point, and tons of people from Britain go to Canada.
And like the poster below said, Kalinda isn't meant to have any particular accent at all. the producers actually told Archie that she could use her native British or an American accent, and she's really good at American (watch A Mighty Heart) and all accents in general, but they said her American accent was too good, so they told her to exotic it up a bit. Hence Kalinda's ambiguous accent. -
Beck_Mill_00 — 13 years ago(July 27, 2012 09:26 PM)
LOL. She's supposed to have an ambiguous accent. LOL!!
Translation: She can't pull off an American accent so let's create some non-sense marketing to claim it's intentional.
"Shut your mouth when you talk to me!" -
celavie77 — 13 years ago(July 27, 2012 09:49 PM)
LOL. She's supposed to have an ambiguous accent. LOL!!
Translation: She can't pull off an American accent so let's create some non-sense marketing to claim it's intentional.
LOL. You're trying to deride my opinion by adding LOL! LOL!!
Translation: You're an idiot. She pulled off a perfect American accent in A Mighty Heart, so that's obviously not a problem for her. The producers of The Good Wife specifically said that they thought her audition American accent was too strong and wanted it more "exotic." Next time you want to be a condescending ass, at least have a valid reason for it
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Beck_Mill_00 — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 05:55 AM)
Brilliant! I'm SURE the producers said something like "Yeah, your American accent is just too 'strong' (whatever THAT means) so, could you let your British accent just inexplicably pop up every fourth or fifth sentence? Yes, please, by all means, let a few words where Americans pronounce the 'R' have an entirely British pronunciation where you omit16d0 the 'R' altogetherbut only do it, let's say, two or three times per scene? That will make your character soooo exotic!"
Her American accent in A Mighty Heart wasn't perfect, either. I could hear her British accent slip through in that as well.
You're convincing no one except yourself, but keep trying. And by all means, get really snarky, start name-calling, and insist that people have no "valid reason" for disagreeing with you.
Translation: No one's buying this "the producers are forcing her to have her British accent seep into her dialog, that's the ticket!" bull$hitand you're a confrontational moron when people expose the obvious and blatant stupidity of your "argument."
"Shut your mouth when you talk to me!" -
celavie77 — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 09:49 AM)
LOL you can be as condescending as you want and pull a bunch of sh!t out of your ass, but there's a whole Academy of people who actually know acting who disagree with you, and you have NO idea what the producers think, so get over yourself. Obviously i'm not the only one convincing myself; nearly every top line critic shares my opinion, along with a whole Academy
There are endless explanations for a slight English accent coming out. The character could have grown up in England, or have learned English in England. Other characters have freaking MENTIONED her accent; in season 2 someone asked her where it was from and she shut them down. And there are plenty of accents that are non-rhotic, not just British ones. Shows how much YOU know.
The only person YOU'RE convincing is yourself. LOL!! -
joolyh — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 03:12 PM)
"Brilliant! I'm SURE the producers said something like "Yeah, your American accent is just too 'strong'. . ."
Yes, that is what they said:
"While making the pilot for The Good Wife, she was initially told that Kalindas American accent was too strong. Panjabi took it down a few notches and allowed more of her exotic notes to emerge." (From Emmy Magazine.)
"That will make your character soooo exotic!"
"The London-born Panjabi also enlisted dialect coach Leigh Dillon to help her nail Kalindas
unique accent
, a combination of British and American that
reflects the characters hard-to-pinpoint origins.
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celavie77 — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 06:02 PM)
OMG JOOLY I adore you! I reme111cmbered there was a specific mention of Archie using a specific dialect coach to get the right accent. LOL if that's not an indication that it's intentional, what else is there?
Clearly we're not the only ones who "convinced ourselves." There must be a pretty huge conspiracy going on if a DIALECT COACH was hired [laugh[ -
celavie77 — 13 years ago(August 09, 2012 12:08 PM)
I'm curious what condescending, translation-and-exclamation-point-filled post you'll have in response to Jooly's article.
I have to say, I don't understand how you can make such a balanced, intelligent, grounded post like this:
While I don't think her American accent is as good as other people think it is, it could be much worse.
To me, there's no question that she is a wonderful actress. I think her range is excellent. Her portrayals of characters are myriad, anyone who's seen A Mighty Heart, Bend It Like Beckham (one of my favorites) and the Good Wife could NEVER (IMO) say "oh, she just plays the same role/character over and over again". which, sadly, can be said about many actors these days cough Clooney cough.
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qtpi1969 — 12 years ago(October 15, 2013 10:42 PM)
Her accent does not sound at all English. It sounds Indian/Hindu to me.
The accent is vague and random, but not british imo.
The british everyone hears is likely because Archie IS British.
I think she is attempting to portray an exotic (not brit) sound.