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Martha Burns' accent

posted 13 years ago by Adler-99
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That Southern accent -- excuse me, drawl -- was all over the place. It came and went, got stronger, lighter, etc. Sure took away the character's believability for me. :-(

[–] jonchopwood 13 years ago

They actually could have used her short-coming in a positive way, showing that she put the accent on while in Texas or on the hustings. As a political trick.

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[–] Cine-Verite 11 years ago

I noticed the same thing and it was only one reason Martha Burns did not adequately "fill Mary Miller's Texas boots." She was unconvincing as a national Republican superstar from Texas (and that may not be a totally bad thing!). Martha is a talented actress, but too "light-weight" to successfully portray a hard-driving, billionaire US Senator from Texas. Might have worked if Mary Miller were from North Dakota or Idaho.