Re:Movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand
by fireflash38 on Friday December 03, 2021 @09:34AM
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The Wire & understandable dialogue? Sheeeeeiiit.
In all seriousness, Baltimore has a pretty heavy accent, especially in the inner city & Dundalk. It's rather comical to say that they got English actors because they were more understandable, to then turn around and make them less understandable.
Some US programs used British actors to "raise the game" for their US co-workers.
Examples: The Americans, The Wire, Homeland, Deadwood, etc etc.
And as a side-effect, the dialogue was generally more understandable.