tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post4347813781757371181..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: Too darn hotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-33384228584281501172008-06-13T12:57:00.000-05:002008-06-13T12:57:00.000-05:00While as for Brits doing convincing American accen...While as for Brits doing convincing American accents and vice versa, I'm always more impressed by the Brits -- especially (here comes another superlative) most-beautiful-man-who-ever-lived Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell on <I>The Wire</I>Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-75484674309832464232008-06-13T12:52:00.000-05:002008-06-13T12:52:00.000-05:00I agree about the internal rhymes -- a pity that t...I agree about the internal rhymes -- a pity that they bowdlerized/hollywoodized them in your clip -- <BR/><BR/>Here's a great one, also from <I>Kiss Me Kate</I><BR/><BR/>Mr. Harris Plutocrat/<BR/>Wants to give my cheek a pat/<BR/>If a Harris pat means a Paris hat/<BR/>Okay!/<BR/>But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion/<BR/>Yes I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way/Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-64802411886925566202008-06-13T11:24:00.000-05:002008-06-13T11:24:00.000-05:00I'd agree--and the words of "Too darn hot" are so ...I'd agree--and the words of "Too darn hot" are so witty. I particularly the internal rhymes.<BR/><BR/>I saw a terrific production of Guys and Dolls by the National Theatre in London about ten years ago--with impeccable American accents, too. It's funny how hard it seems to be for Brit actors to sound American--Hugh Laurie is very convincing. But I can think of any number of American actors who can sound Brit--even doing regional dialects--and I wonder why.JRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-23810382486235584092008-06-12T23:18:00.000-05:002008-06-12T23:18:00.000-05:00Cole Porter: one of the sexiest writers of all tim...Cole Porter: one of the sexiest writers of all time. <BR/><BR/>Ira Gershwin and Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls): two of the most romantic.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.com