Lucas Black
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maryrosenkranz — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 08:24 AM)
They had toned down Pride's "accent" since the pilot episodes. I only watched the first part last night, & it seemed fine except for a few words here & there. Maybe when they do the crossovers they're trying to make a distinction between NO & DC.
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honeybear133 — 10 years ago(February 03, 2016 06:03 PM)
How do you know "most people can" understand him? How do you know his accent is "much easier to understand than a British accent"? The worldwide popularity of "Downton Abbey" would tend to disprove your assertion.
I, for one, stopped watching this show because I cannot understand him. As noted on his own IMDB page, it is his choice to maintain his accent. The effect it has or will have on casting directors is something he has to consider. It certainly limits the roles for which he will be considered.
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ravmeltt — 10 years ago(March 26, 2016 08:02 AM)
I almost stopped watching Elementary because of the the thing; I couldn't understand Sherlock. I since started watching it with subtitles online. I don't even watch it live as it airs anyway. Sometimes he speaks so softly and it's as if he's mumbling. But I enjoy the show so much that I had to find a way to watch it. I can understand Lucas just fine although the drawl of that strong accent first used to annoy me. I've kind of gotten accustomed to it by now. He speaks as if he has a full cup of water in his mouth and is chewing gum at the same time.
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ravmeltt — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 10:26 AM)
Ahhh Elementary. I watch only online where I can get subtitles. I refuse to watch it live cause I miss too much with Jonny Miller's mumblings and whispers.
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maryrosenkranz — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 08:21 AM)
Interesting how people will complain that directors should just let actors use their natural accents instead of trying "fake" ones. Lucas Black has been around since he was a young peewee, & he uses the same accent he was born with. I don't have a problem with understanding him, but I'm use to it from watching him in a lot.
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lovedml — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 06:13 PM)
And a short lived show that was kind of creepy. Can't think of the name of it but the catch phrase was " Someone's at the door". He was the son of the town's
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woundedtomato — 10 years ago(March 28, 2016 01:27 AM)
I like the fact that for once a southerner sounds like he really should. Black is really from where LaSalle is supposed to be from, why should he sound like he's from California? So am I to assume that everyone who doesn't hide their southern twang looks inbred and stupid? That is an insult to all of us. Maybe everybody should talk the same. Jersey people, Minnisota, New York, we should all sound perfectly Californian.
I am from Tennessee and when I was a teenager I moved to Chicago. That question I was asked to most was why I didn't sound like the movies. I swear Scarlett O'Hara ruined the world for southern women. Her and Designing Women. You want to hear fake? Everyone of those were. They didn't even manage a good Savannah which is movie normal for everybody on film that's not some backwoods hick. You want hard to understand you should hear my relatives from Georgia. You could walk around the block twice waiting on them to say hi but they aren't stupid nor inbred.
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sandcrab277 — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 01:24 PM)
it matters little how he speaks, his actions are a loose cannon and he's not near old enough to have known bear bryantmobile can barely be called bamaits all phonyno way pride could run a bar while in charge of the ncis teamits all pie in the sky fantasythis junior g man is only there for female eye candyi'm not even going to dwell on scott bacula