People in Minnesota may have a slight accent but Meryl streep completely butchered it and half the time i thought she was trying to be irish or something. I liked the movie but the accents for whoever tried to do them were terrible. I was cringing watching the movie whenever they talked! Im embarassed if thats how the rest of the world percieves us to talk now.
Piss off WANKER!!!!
Actually we do. The problem with a lot of Minnesotans is that they can't take a joke. And they're really, really sensitive. They don't want anyone pointing out that that's the way that they really are. Much better to blend in than stand out. That way no notices you. Eh. Joke 'em, if they can't take a *beep*
shareYeah, it is true. Not in the cities as much but the further you go out the more 'sotin people sound. I have relatives with a pretty thick accent, don't cha know.
Besides, who gives a rip what people elsewhere think? Anyway, I find the Wisconsin folk have stronger accents. Bubbler, indeed - it's a drinking fountain! Just kidding - I married a Madison girl.
Exactly, after years and years of people making fun of the NY and Southern accents, Minnesota has finally made it to the bug time. Either enjoy the joke or please, as they say in New York, Shat up!
sharei'm pretty sure streep's character was from Wisconsin, and btw, Minnesotans have waaay thicker accents than streep's character. Meryl=God
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Don't you think that if we Minnesotans think that the movie accents sound funny that maybe that really isn't the way we sound? I mean, to a certain extent, yeah, but seriously, they waaayyy over exaggerate. I'm not complaining, cuz it's just a joke- the way pretty much everything is exaggerated in movies (accents, stereotypes, whatever). But I have lived in MN my entire life and I have yet to hear anything that sounds like the Movie Minnesota Accent. Try North Dakota- that's closer to what it is, actually. LoL :)
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I believe the accents in Fargo are much closer to the real thing.
Please consider the possibility that I am not entirely serious before responding.
I was gonna say...Midwest accents got very made fun of in Fargo, so don't go pissing and moaning about Southern and New Yawk accents.
May you put your dentures in upside down and chew your head off! S.P.
Yessss...Fargo. LOL
shareFargo is in North Dakota, BTW
shareOkay... but did you watch Fargo? Most of the movie takes place in Minnesota.
Plus it was made by filmmakers from Minnesota. Sure, its exaggerated (as a lot of movies are), but I think that the accents in Fargo and A Prarie Home Companion are in the right ballpark. It's particuarly accurate for people outside of the Twin Cities, although many TC natives (like myself) actually carry at least a little bit of the classic Midwestern accent.
Considering the presence of actual Minnesotans in each movie, you gotta think that its not malicious.
I had a cousin from Iowa (born and lived there her entire life), and she talked like she was from the deep south all the time, meanwhile I have a friend from Oklahoma who talks like Josh Turner sings... we're not aware of our own accents because we're so used to them.
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Try living in NJ after the Sopranos first came out, everyone thought we all talked like Tony! At least midwest accents are easier on the ears than New York ones, some New Yorkers are like nails on a blackboard. Drop Dead Gorgeous also had pretty strong midwest accents.
share"I was cringing watching the movie whenever they talked! Im embarassed if thats how the rest of the world percieves us to talk now."
Now you know how us Southerns feel about how we are protrayed in movies.
I'm a native Minnesotan and lived there almost 30 years and was very upset when people said we had accents, (i.e in "Fargo"). Then I moved away and realized it is completely true. When you leave the area, it's easier to hear it when you're not as exposed to it.
The give away is the over-elongated long vowels. When Meryl Streep says "glazed donuts," it's dead-on.
Some people don't have the accent as pronounced as others, but listen carefully to the local news broadcasts and when they interview people on the street, it's quite obvious most Minnesotans have some form of it.
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I'm another Minnesotan, and I agree, we talk like that. You don't notice it when you've lived here your whole life, but we do. They do the accents pretty well in "Miracle" too.
shareI talk like that and I'm from Minneapolis!
shareI am a Minnesotan and have listened to Prairie Home Companion for quite a number of years. I first heard the program in about 1976 but didn't understand what the program was all about. But in the 90's I was in south Texas and started listening to it because not much else was on and there was so much about it to love. Some of the best music there is to hear - bluegrass, young talented singers who may not yet be well-known, the skits with Guy Noir, Dusty and Lefty, the young artist Bob in a home that does not encourage young talent, so much good stuff. Garrison Keillor has also written some marvelous books and as another English major, like Keillor, I think he is very much the Mark Twain of our generation - he captures the personalities of Minnesotans so well that I have learned a lot about my own state by reading his books trying to understand people I have known all my life. I know all about Minnesota accents. I think it is hilarious when we get the rare privilege of hearing Minnesota accents in a movie - I saw Fargo and they had that accent "right on"! It was funny too when people from Fargo were upset about the movie because they thought people were making fun of them with that accent. They didn't like the fact that the movie was called "Fargo" when it was about Minnesota. I didn't notice any particular accent in this movie but probably it was there. I have watched Fargo several times and love it. Now, about Prairie Home Companion, the movie.
Mary Ann finally brought this movie home last week and we got to see this DVD after a long wait. She found it in the video store and I was looking forward to seeing it, being a fan of the radio program for many years now. I also have seen a number of Robert Altman films and usually enjoy them very much. However, after seeing this movie, I felt sort of dirty - I couldn't understand why a movie version of a program I have listened to and loved for years would have disgusting characters telling a lot of dirty jokes on a program, something which I have never heard on the radio program all these years. We watched the whole thing and when it was all done, Mary Ann said she couldn't see the point of the thing. I sort of felt the same way - no profound insight that I could see, and a vague feeling that Garrison Keillor, if he values his reputation, ought to distance himself as fast as he can from this film, because when I finished watching it, I thought maybe I didn't care if I missed his radio program for a long time, but maybe after I forget the movie long enough, I might get back to listening. I'm sorry I ever saw it. I hope Mary Ann and I can forget this movie soon and get back someday to listening to the program and enjoying it.
bodryn» and a vague feeling that Garrison Keillor, if he values his reputation, ought to distance himself as fast as he can from this film, because when I finished watching it, I thought maybe I didn't care if I missed his radio program for a long time, but maybe after I forget the movie long enough, I might get back to listening. I'm sorry I ever saw it. I hope Mary Ann and I can forget this movie soon and get back someday to listening to the program and enjoying it.