Neil expressed preference:
>And not a trace of an American accent, which
> I wouldn't be surprised if Xena's got.
The peculiar thing is that she has to fake an American accent - the real
Lucy Lawless sounds completely different (apart from being a New Zealander,
her normal pitch is higher, though you can deduce that from her early
appearances on Hercules, and she talks a lot faster). I may think it
bizarre that she had to fake an American accent, but faking an ancient
Greek one would have been even stranger.
[No, I'm not sending this to the spinlist, Calle, I've already amalgamated
three posts for economy and I can't be bothered splitting them again. And
my evidence for saying she's a New Zealander not Australian was the radio
interview last March in which she said "I am a Kiwi girl through and
through - I am a product of this land" - the programme was about NZ.]
Mistral replied to Dana and Helen:
>>> second leads seem to have more fen than leads,
>>>even though you're "supposed" to root for the lead.
>>
>> Is it because we, being imaginative, individualists,
>>didn't 'fit in' when we were young and like characters
>>who seem a little awkward sometimes?
>
>That would be my guess. We might wish we were heroes,
>but we know we're really sidekick material
I know in my case it goes back to the Flashing Blade, the French-language
adventure story which was what they always showed in the school holidays in
the late 1960s; my friend fancied the Chevalier de whatnot, I fancied his
rather plain mate/manservant, who I think was called Guillot. It's
possible that I did this in order to annoy her, or to leave the field free
for her, or indeed just as a rebellion against the conventionally
good-looking. But then you're not supposed to remember anything about the
1960s, so I will leave my motives in obscurity.
Sally asked:
>Is there anyone out there who *does* watch B7
>or another show at least partly (and large-part,
>please) for one of the minor characters, with little
>interest in the majors?
Garak.
Jarriet