I may have taken this out of context, but Calle said that Lucy Lawless (Xena) was Australian. As a "kiwi" who knows that tall Lucy is in fact a New Zealander, I was most upset. Russell Crowe has a foot in both camps, being born in NZ and moving to ozzie and living there most of his life, that pretty much makes him ozzie. Lucy is most certainly "kiwi" however and as for the goldmining thing, well this is where I thought I may be out of context.

Neil was mentioning accents. I guess in the case of Xena and Hercules these are for the most part, intended for US market demands and the US folk have more affinity with familiar accents. Besides, New Zealand accents would probably sound more peculiar. It is amusing seeing actors well known in NZ, having to "put on" a different voice though. It is amusing too that american accents carry less authenticity than proper British ones though. I recall an american actor saying how frustrating it was to do Shakespeare and then be seen as non-authentic because of the accent. he rightly pointed out that given the period you might be playing, ancient Rome for example, no-one would have been speaking in English public school system voices.

nayte. --- I was never welcomed to the list either. But I never asked to be and given that most of the inhabitants are frequently deep in debate, I thought it safer to sit back and enjoy watching the light opera and make the occassinal quip. There are some excellent and interesting debates here.

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