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I hate Whoopi Goldberg's accent in this film..


Is it just me, or does she sound really ridiculous?

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Is it just me, or does she sound like she always sounds in this movie?

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You mean her natural New York accent that 99.9% of New Yorkers have, or the fake one that she used to reveal that Montana Morehead was a man? If you're referring to the first one, get over it. If you're referring to the second one, the bad accent was employed on purpose. And again, get over it.

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I hear them say it
Cuss words ain't for no lady
But sometimes sh*t's real
- Jill Scott

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Everybody in NY has a really bad Jewish accent? LMAO! You need to get out more often. She sounded like Eddie Murphy in Coming to America- AHA!!

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Did I say everybody? Reading is fundamental. And yes, many New Yorkers, including my father, has a thick accent. I need to get out more often? You need to watch more Whoopi movies or even her stand-up specials. I'll assume from the link to the horrifically put together MySpace page that it's yours and you are from New York. It'd be interesting to hear what you sound like. Really, it would.

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I hear them say it
Cuss words ain't for no lady
But sometimes sh*t's real
- Jill Scott

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You seem to be extremely disturbed that I criticized Whoopi Goldberg for her badly done over the top cheese gratingly bad horrible horrible terrible accent, and I'd like to say from the bottom of my heart of hearts GET OVER IT And my page is so badly done, yet so interesting you couldn't stop yourself from looking. I stand by my original statement- you not only need to get out more, try stumbling upon a LIFE...


FYI, it's 'many New Yorkers have a thick accent' you might want to hit spell check every now and then, you know, with all that extra time you have on your hands. Not that I need a commentary on regional accents from you, because I'm from New York. But thanks anyway


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Don't know much about accents, but i LOVED Whoopi in this--she's on her game and hilarious. Plus, she and Sally Field in real life became great friends while filming this, and it shows in the picture.

Then again, while she's had her share of bombs, I think Whoopi is great in just about anything--Color Purple, Ghost, Boys on the Side, Sister Act, Soapdish, Jumpin Jack Flash, and my all time favorite Whoopi movie, Corrina Corrina, i never get tired of that film (or of Joan Cusack!), it's just about as perfect as a little movie can be!

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I almost fell over when I realized little Molly from Corrina, Corrina was the same girl in Napoleon Dynamite. She looks the exact same! And she's not a weirdo like the kid from the My Girl movies! Excellent!

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I repeat, old, Jewish woman

Just when she thought the world had ended, the caterpillar became a butterfly

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The thing that annoyed me about Goldberg's character was the character's name...Rose Schwartz? An African American woman named Rose Schwartz? C'mon now.....

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LMAO an African American named Whoopi Goldberg? She converted to Judaism. I think her daughter's father is Jewish. But the accent was overkill...

Just when she thought the world had ended, the caterpillar became a butterfly

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Yeah, but Whoopi Goldberg is not her real name, I think it's Sharon Johnston or something like that.

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Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson, and the name Goldberg came from the Jewish side of her family. I really loved Soapdish, and I thought Whoopi was great in it.

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I enjoyed Whoopi in this film...she sounded the same way she always has to me.

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I'm just simply going to disagree. I never found anything annoying about her voice in this film. She's one of my favorite characters in the film. I'm really not sure what you're seeing, but based on other posts, your need to hate it seems strangely compulsive.

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The OP obviously hasn't even soon the movie... What an idiot.

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