Talk:Carmen Duncan

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[edit] Accent

This bit sounds dodgy:

Another criticism was that, even though she took elocution lessons to fight it, she spoke in a distinct Australian accent, thus she looked out of place in an American family.

Seems a bit POV. Moreover, I'm Australian yet to me Carmen Duncan doesn't speak in a distinct Australian accent at all, but a crisp and enunciated accent of an actor - like most working professional actors in Australia at the time Duncan was establishing her career - who is trained and experienced in the traditional theatre. Asa01 08:38, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

It may be my POV, but it's rather noticeable that she sounds...not American. It can easily be pegged as British or something other, but it was rather jarring that she sounded like she was from a foreign country. Mike H. That's hot 20:16, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

My main objection was the wording "distinct Australian accent", and "Elocution lessons." Wouldn't she have attempted an American accent for the role? It seems unlikely she would have played the part with a "distinct Australian accent" which is what the article said. And I'm sure she already did "dialects" decades earlier at acting school so wouldn't have gone to elocution lessons at this late stage. I did see episodes of her in the part but as an Australian it is hard for me to judge how convincing it sounded to Americans. I'll reinstate something as per your comment. Asa01 21:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if she really tried to speak in American English, but I know it definitely didn't come off that way. It basically sounded as if she was just playing another part for an Australian audience; the problem is, she was on an American soap. I loved her character and I think her acting is great, but one watching would know she was from somewhere not in the United States, which was odd since she was playing a rather American role. I watched Another World in reruns at the office today and saw Iris and thought "Yep, not American." Mike H. That's hot 00:00, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)