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Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate?
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@allisonmeer3425 4 года назад

natalie portman as jackie kennedy was straight up eerie. she's insanely talented

@Tinymoezzy 4 года назад

She didn't look like her, but how she carried herself and her inflections were spot on.

@The_shark213 4 года назад

I feel like natalie is one of those actresses u ask for a role and she delivers the goods

@hexyko4850 4 года назад

She is a good actress The soundtrack to Jackie is also phenomenal I've been a huge fan of the composer since 2012

@jaykapolka6111 3 года назад

I think that accent was absolutely atrocious. Her accent was unique but it definitely wasn't THAT lol. She went too far with it.

@leibun 3 года назад

@@jaykapolka6111 Um ... were you listening when they played the lines for lines?It was SPOT ON

@SMATF5 5 лет назад

"Hey there, partner!" -Genghis Khan

@nspector 4 года назад

Hahahahahaha

@calebgamble4132 4 года назад

Farewhell tartur wooman

@tarajh 4 года назад

🤦🏽‍♀️

@David-se5ph 3 года назад

🤦🏾‍♂️ as in the words of the expert, “Who the f*ck would let this happen?”

@marcziegenhain8420 2 года назад

@@David-se5ph Me

@Mandyn8868 3 года назад

This man could probably convince me i'm doing my own accent wrong

@latonyanewsome0 2 года назад

😂

@pu-FP 8 месяцев назад

Me being aussie and havingborderline no aussie accent... i feel that😂

@blxk_child 4 года назад

That back and forth with Will Smith and Mohammed Ali was pure gold

@Merdicano 4 года назад

Huge gold, like pure karat gold

@dackieaollivierre3800 3 года назад

24 karat gold lol neat

@alexanderrobins7497 2 года назад

Gold? His impression was pure platinum.

@rose_thorn30 2 года назад

@@Merdicano tuiitttioiuiuiutuiiuu to i have yto yito tto for tufor tu to the the world of that you you have a great time and to and your family are are always always here and we all have to get an an old man who knows if i can get him

@rose_thorn30 2 года назад

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@TaylorRaeBooks 4 года назад

I think Erik has convinced me that acting is much harder than I ever thought.

@luzjackson9419 3 года назад

"Erik is still a dialect coach who can't stop talking about linguistics" 😂 off to a great start

@jaydablake8459 3 года назад

Well of course it is. Did you think it was easy? There are hundreds, probably thousands even, of factors and preperation that go into acting. And if you want to actually be a good one, even more.

@mayaradepaulam 3 года назад

It requires LOTS of study to be a good actor.

@josepablomartinez-rendon9484 3 года назад

I’m literally persuing a theatre arts degree and, let me tell you, yes it motherf**king is.

@matrixphijr 3 года назад

@@jaydablake8459 The phrase "much harder than I ever thought" does not ever imply anything is easy.

@ShirleyTSaint 5 лет назад

This dude is the Bob Ross of dialects, lol. Soothing.

@semonerobinson8903 5 лет назад

Yes

@bluegenes801 5 лет назад

"And let's add a happy little diphthong right in there. It's your world."

@nauyavidahl8825 5 лет назад

Shirley Toussaint I watched this as I was falling asleep, can confirm that this is in fact so soothing.

@elonmush4793 5 лет назад

love this guy! please more :)

@doodlebug7250 5 лет назад

Right?? Like I can't stop coming back and watching these videos, not only are they fascinating but they're also super relaxing

@jopabr24 4 года назад

Tell me more, accent daddy.

@nikiforos1750 3 года назад

pronunciation papi

@__elgamoth__ 3 года назад

*dialect daddy

@tink6225 3 года назад

accent alpha

@Dontstalkme378 3 года назад

modulation macho

@notabestfriend432 3 года назад

*Jesus has left the chat*

@ncooty 4 года назад

I bet he and his spouse have interesting arguments about tone of voice. :) A: Don't use that tone with me! B: What tone?! A: Ohhhhh, don't get me started!

@jaxon_6749 4 года назад

Which tone would you like?

@David-se5ph 3 года назад

😎😎😎😎

@JC_Cali 5 лет назад

But the shade of the announcer introducing this guy "He's really into linguistics" 😂

@4TheRightJAYZUSIsAVirtueSignal 4 года назад

I think it might be him lol

@beachhum 3 года назад

It’s himself. Makes it funnier!

@bguzewi0 6 лет назад

John Wayne did a spot on John Wayne accent in that Genghis Khan performance.

@plushpuppy32 6 лет назад

bguzewi0 this is the best comment

@LaPoubelle42 6 лет назад

and here we have john wayne playing john wayne as genghis khan

@devintariel3769 6 лет назад

Ford LaBoube alright pilgrim, bring over that Tatar woman

@saheliumd7182 6 лет назад

plushpuppy32 I second this comment

@cypher787 6 лет назад

best khan performance ever

@Ebiru2387 4 года назад

Lol i love how he called out the Selena performance. That movie would have been better if J Lo didn't insert 50% of herself while trying to play Selena.

@Leahh823 3 года назад

She has a hard time not showboating. It’s part of the reason I don’t enjoy her that much as an actress. She can’t seem to strip herself down.

@nisha5669 3 года назад

It’s interesting to see people wanna criticize it now because a lot of fans and even Selena’s own family feel that jlo acting wasfairly accurately. I think the movie was perfectly phenomenal and especially if you take a good look at the series they just did on Netflix I bet you’re gonna think the movie is better to

@ghostface1500 Год назад

@@nisha5669 her performance was never great i still enjoy the movie

@HAL-st4ll Год назад

@@Leahh823 watch Hustlers then. She strips herself down there

@Leahh823 Год назад

@@HAL-st4ll haha 😂

@starshine6472 2 года назад

I love how respectful and diplomatic Erik was in pointing out areas where actors did not match certain accent patterns of the individuals they were portraying.

@alrightyru Год назад

Common Australian Naomi Watts trying on cultured English Diana was a travesty!

@TeatroGrotesco 7 месяцев назад

I noticed the point he made, 'If I were to nit pick..."

@grahamvandyke 5 лет назад

Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles was mind blowing. He REALLY did Ray Charles justice in the movie. I've heard he's up for the role of Mike Tyson, and I think he's the perfect actor to do it.

@dcquence 4 года назад

Its too bad Ray didnt live long enough to see the movie.

@motherdaughter17 4 года назад

@@dcquence he got to sit thru the first edit of the movie 😊

@hivnegativ8465 4 года назад

@@dcquence 😂

@matthiascerebri3315 4 года назад

Not in the case of Electro, but therefore the more with Django!

@chadhero37 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure he use to do the imitation as a joke, to be funny. Then, he got paid to do a serious imitation

@MissNebulosity 5 лет назад

"Who the f**k let this happen?!" I laugh so hard every time.

@fuzzydunlop1753 4 года назад

Yeah that was pretty good.

@Jessi-fh9bz 4 года назад

I don't get it?

@itpaynesme 4 года назад

Jessi 3005 look up who Genghis Khan is on google if you don’t know and then consider how American/westernised his character in the movie is.. Amongst many other things.

@dathunderman4 3 года назад

It’s interesting that both times it has happened for white people playing asian characters. Hollywood definitely loves to whitewash asian storylines and characters for some reason

@jessieeee 2 года назад

I NEED Erik's analysis of Lady Gaga portraying Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci! She sounds a bit off to me, but some people are praising the accent, I need this guy's insight in this 😂

@carolinacuello7853 2 года назад

I only saw the trailer but I agree with you. She seems to be doing the same that J Law did in Red Sparrow.

@Estebanmdp100 2 года назад

🤔🤔

@ThatWeirdoRightThere 2 года назад

Yeah I think Gaga puts too much stress into her accent and she doesn’t have the proper inflections at the end of her words like Patrizia did. But that’s probably mostly due to Gaga not being a native Italian speaker

@starlight.2467 2 года назад

She's doing more of an Italian - American than actual Italian..... At least in my opinion

@robertandkristinhall5006 26 дней назад

This and an updated video of Princess Di compared to The Crown!

@amanda-241 4 года назад

And at 4:35 I'm sitting alone on my couch just hissing "sss ssssss" to myself. Now im weird lol

@Joe_Parmesan 4 года назад

I've been trying at least a third of these accents. We're both weirdos 😁

@amanda-241 4 года назад

For sure lol

@eveitsnotthatserious1677 3 года назад

🙋🏽‍♀️ same

@nolaray1062 3 года назад

Ive been trying the last 15 minutes to say it with front of tongue up and can’t 🤣

@devidmoore6141 2 года назад

Hello Amanda

@elysseussy 5 лет назад

to be fair i'm not surprised jesse eisenberg didn't go for the voice, it must have been difficult to simulate a robot pretending to be human

@cheesy2440 5 лет назад

It’s hard enough for him to play not Jesse eisenberg

@sleepykat9 5 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kevinagee4364 4 года назад

a human pretending to be a robot pretending to be a human

@fuzzydunlop1753 4 года назад

Aw snap

@jennymattback3780 4 года назад

Not even funny, Zucherberg is not a goddamned robot. Stop with the dumb conspiracies. Everyone knows he's a Lizard. Get your facts straight.

@TheShojsauce 5 лет назад

Give this guy a tv show. I'd watch it every week.

@leonardopandeli1764 5 лет назад

Every episode would be analyzing, how to do an accent, and how to make a famous impersination

@raviolimaster 5 лет назад

@@leonardopandeli1764 or it would be Tosh.o

@zaxmom2006 5 лет назад

Me too!

@cookiepie01 5 лет назад

Yes absolutely!

@xXxThelegend27xXx 5 лет назад

andy hjortshoj no kidding, me too!

@clayfoster8234 Год назад

Being old enough to remember Julia Childs, Meryl Streep’s performance was so incredibly spot on it made you almost want to laugh it was so uncanny.

@clemcadiddlehopper5706 3 года назад

Erik’s date - “So what do you do for fun?” Erik - “Have you ever heard of tooth fronting?

@NightshadeGoddess 4 года назад

"Erik is still a dialect coach who can't stop talking about linguistics" 😂 off to a great start

@sajjadurrafat8360 3 года назад

🤣🤣

@cereal_qilla 5 лет назад

Ashton kutcher playing Steve Jobs just sounds like Ashton Kutcher playing Micheal Kelso which just sounds like Ashton Kutcher playing Ashton Kutcher

@ericawilliams8164 5 лет назад

Cereal_Quilla I was laughing at the way he pronounced "ay-uh-pull" the same way Kelso always pronounced "Jay-uh-kee."

@4TheRightJAYZUSIsAVirtueSignal 4 года назад

Honestly his performance is decent though

@WinedandDined27 4 года назад

That’s called not being a good actor

@fuzzydunlop1753 4 года назад

Yeah kutcher couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag.

@aymanahmed2729 4 года назад

TBH, I don't know how Ashton Kutcher ended up as an actor.

@emilyt6116 4 года назад

Natalie Portman's Jackie Kennedy though! Holy!

@skzpop 4 года назад

so i just found out that i make my s sounds with my tongue tip up when i'm talking in german (my native language) but with my tongue tip down when talking in english and i don't even know why i'm so excited about this

@steadfast101 4 года назад

minholy I don’t either but I thought that was really interesting

@amia560 4 года назад

ooo!! i tried that in swedish and korean and my tongue tip is always down, like it is in english. it might be because swedish and korean are my second and third languages respectively, but it's still something interesting.

@lilicorrea8515 4 года назад

You made me try it and I do tongue tip up in English and down in spanish!

@user-gb8mb4sg7p 3 года назад

The opposite is true for me

@amandavanderlaan8863 3 года назад

Up in Dutch, up in English for me.

@person-iw8qj 6 лет назад

"erik is still a dialect coach, who cannot stop talking about linguistics"

@KittyPieVibes 6 лет назад

duck quack

@-L.S 5 лет назад

quek

@_roseanevieira 5 лет назад

Acting convincingly is harder than we imagine.

@randyking3057 5 лет назад

OMG YES!

@keonihunter1635 5 лет назад

Rose Vlogs good acting**

@AlchemistOfNirnroot 5 лет назад

@@keonihunter1635 even bad acting is hard though. I mean it's nerve racking by nature, perhaps it's deserving of more consideration than a hard "no".

@keonihunter1635 5 лет назад

AlchemistOfNirnroot bad acting is not hard... anyone can be bad at anything

@grahamvandyke 5 лет назад

@@keonihunter1635 This is just too good. I'm sitting here giggling at this comment.

@josephhalevy6782 3 года назад

This man is a gold mine for Wired. He has the charm to move ten million viewers to watch to the very end of each video. Part of it is how fascinating this whole topic is. Part of it is his beautiful accent. Part of it is the way he looks, admit it. To top it all off, he now has a beard and looks a thousand times better.

@lauraswearingen-steadwell787 4 месяца назад

Absolutely. Sapiosexual eye/ear candy, for days.

@rome8180 3 года назад

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin is one of the best performances I've ever seen. The movie itself is fantastic, too.

@scottdowney4103 6 лет назад

This guy is great. He is the perfect example of what so many great teachers do - he loves his subject, wants to know as much about it as possible, and wants other people to love it too. Great stuff.

@natalieclipsham6626 6 лет назад

scott downey well put :)

@KimBlaQue 5 лет назад

Yes!

@solongfairwellkim 6 лет назад

I don't know why, but when ever this man's face is lit up by approval, I become really proud of that act-person.

@djordan22 6 лет назад

Act-person? Why not just say actor. It's not gender specific.

@solongfairwellkim 6 лет назад

+djordan22 cuz I'm foreiger! 쪼다얌!ㅋㅋㅋ just do your thing man. don't waste your last minute net-neutrality freedom!

@eziraphale8436 6 лет назад

no no Every actor and actress is now going to be called an "act-person." I love this.

@uniqueLeo08 6 лет назад

I feel the same way!!!

@uniqueLeo08 6 лет назад

Skyler Gallagher being PC I see. This person meant act - person like they said. If you had read English is not their first language. And an actor is in fact a person who acts so act-person it is.

@LilyGrace95 4 года назад

As an actor (or trying to be anyway), I find this stuff invaluable. Dunno about anyone else, but I find it fascinating how certain inflections and cadences can make up so much of a personality, and be so unique to each person.

@sr7129 Год назад

Same here. Go us 😂😂😂

@zimtastic1171 Месяц назад

Best of luck in your future endeavors! Eta: didn't realize this comment was so old. My bad. Point still stands, though 😊

@sargbarz 6 лет назад

I like this guy

@Nhaunderstood 6 лет назад

Sarg Barz who don't 😆

@dlilwon 6 лет назад

Me too, i wanna climb him

@sebastianelytron8450 6 лет назад

Kind of a roundabout way to come out of the closet but okay...

@MelissaSamms 6 лет назад

Agreed! He's very engaging

@NekoMouser 6 лет назад

I do too, but his ear is WAY more attuned to some of these more subtle sound differences than mine are. Good for him. Interesting to watch.

@msjkramey 6 лет назад

I want this guy to analyze how I speak and what my vocal posture is and how I enunciate

@etamika 6 лет назад

Me too! I've been told I have an English accent over my New York one, even though I only ever lived in Harlem.

@kamikoblalark3896 6 лет назад

I was just saying this to my mom - I wonder how he, or any other linguistic expert, would analyze and interpret how I speak. Would be very interesting to hear what they would have to say about it.

@lvl4k225 6 лет назад

Gosh, haven't you little to worry about.

@whatthefudgedud 6 лет назад

you're not relevant bud.. no offense

@lvl4k225 6 лет назад

iamsexyandyouknowit and thats the way I like it uh-huh uh-huh. Also, you said that because it's what you think about daily. Your name gives it away too. You seek attention and arent getting it. You're probably a good person too.

@mattysheehan9786 2 года назад

Jamie foxx is an underrated actor, pretty impressive to be able to do that with your mouth the entire time incorporating it with the whole movements

@maggiekarabel123 2 года назад

He also had his eyelids glued shut which is a form of torture that I can’t even imagine. He just killed it, like Erik says it’s so fully integrated into his whole personality.

@toby6418 3 года назад

I just feel like Cheadle is a really under-appreciated actor in general

@jgw5491 5 лет назад

Did you notice that both Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe spoke with that breathy little girl quality? I think it was a fifties affectation and obviously a quality JFK liked in his women.

@ririschannelx 5 лет назад

that’s kinda creepy

@_yellow 5 лет назад

I don't think being attracted to it is creepy. But when you actively go after a certian thing, it becomes creepy.

@private755 5 лет назад

Makes sense to be a 50s affectation since it was admirable/desirable in the context of the time for women to be demure and more kitten-like than powerful or intimidating

@andrewh.4186 5 лет назад

Yes, but they weren't Nearly as breathy and girly as the people acting them. It was way overdone, and came across way more coy and less upper-class confident.

@hannahwebster5606 4 года назад

watch disney films and compare Snow White's voice to Belle or Mulan or more recent films.

@stevenpelleriti09 5 лет назад

I think Marshall Mathers did a really really good job nailing Eminem's voice in 8 Mile, definitely deserves some recognition

@ruthrichardson9717 5 лет назад

stevenpelleriti09 I see what you did there xD

@AlanaBananaCanada 5 лет назад

Mom's spaghetti

@stevenhaskell9025 5 лет назад

stevenpelleriti09 hey.... cool first name.

@clockworkgirl7387 5 лет назад

stevenpelleriti09 Wait, you mean he wasn't actually going for Slim Shady?

@goodhumourwagon 5 лет назад

The fact that he was lauded for an excellent " acting performance " was absurd. Like most talentless Hip-hop artists who try to transition into acting- they essentially play themselves.

@iamatn3317 4 года назад

I remember watching Ray in theaters and completely forgot he was in the movie until the very end when he met his mother again in that dream. Amazing acting, well deserved Oscar.

@realandon6489 4 года назад

I love it when he actually does the accent :D

@jasminejoseph7858 6 лет назад

When homeboy gives that smile and tilts his head, you know the accent is legit.

@vianeyboruel504 6 лет назад

Jasmine Joseph yes

@brookenjonas 6 лет назад

YASSS

@saxonedmonds1478 5 лет назад

Kevin Spacey threatening to pull down peoples underwear hasn't aged very well.

@chrisgarrison1503 5 лет назад

Ha lmao I think I know what your gettin at

@sammygirl6910 5 лет назад

Yeah, that was pretty yuck.

@cr5990 5 лет назад

r/agedlikemilk

@Splooj69 5 лет назад

LOL

@GoddessLuna23 4 года назад

Witty joke...lol!

@YvieT81 3 года назад

Meryl must have had a blast playing this role! Being able to be so over the top because the real person was actually like that!

@tbeller80 4 года назад

I really liked in this episode how he didn't just go through the academic part discussing the language, but could actually do some of it himself. You know your material sir.

@mivowatcher 6 лет назад

I can't believe I just watched this 30min video and was entertained the *entire* *fucking* *time*

@confounded_feline 6 лет назад

- "Things you'll only hear in the 2010's"

@varolussalsanclar1163 6 лет назад

*laughs in opera*

@martin2826 6 лет назад

HAhaha dat attention span, though.

@RNCHFND 6 лет назад

Keena Rdk It's a new subject every new minute (31 actors and a 29 minute video), and there's a lot of cuts zooming in and out of the expert guy. It's a long video made for short attention spans people like me

@elizabethcrossley6853 6 лет назад

Keena Rdk same.

@lillycandyrose 4 года назад

I really like Jesse Eisenberg, but let's be real. Jesse plays Jesse in every role.

@lukaz3336 2 года назад

He gave an amazing performance in the Social Network tho (everyone did) even if it wasn't accurate.

@kylekondit9709 2 года назад

@@lukaz3336 it was accurate in its character drama.

@lukaz3336 2 года назад

@@kylekondit9709 Not really.

@lukaz3336 2 года назад

@@kylekondit9709 He was portraying Mark Zuckerberg and he isn't really anything like that.

@mwa1254 2 года назад

I can’t help it but he is one of those actors I just don’t like. I know he is talented, and I thoroughly enjoyed his performance in Cafe Society, but perhaps it’s what you say, seems to play himself. Much like how many soap stars in the UK are actors where a lot generally play themselves.

@trevorrapp7227 4 года назад

Foxx and Meryl Streep impressed me the most in the video. Cuba Gooding really surprised me with how much emotion he put into his facial expression during that monologue as OJ. Compared to the real OJ who said the words without showing much emotion at all, it was an interesting choice.

@grey7040 4 года назад

Erik Singer's videos may be my favorite out of everything on Wired. He's engaging, he talks about things in a technical but accessible way to someone who doesn't have the foundational knowledge he has, and he engages with the media being shown very well.

@wkrk12 6 лет назад

This is some quality damn content here. 30 minutes, no annoying nonsense, interesting subject matter, and an engaging and likable host.

@xavierreichel8254 6 лет назад

Exactly. I love this guy.

@angelas349 6 лет назад

Straight UP!

@Merdicano 4 года назад

Agreed

@jay7tennis 5 лет назад

Erik Singer is awesome yes, but can we talk about the editor?! Those video clips that sorta respond is just amazing!

@MorganKing95 5 лет назад

Indeed. I know it's just edited that way of course, but they fit in so well and "respond" so well like you say that it feels like Erik is on Skype with them or something

@ilicarriedoll2843 5 лет назад

glad to know I'm not the only one noticed it XD

@eartherinfire 5 лет назад

Really helps tie the room together.

@john8606 4 года назад

True. Also, the pace of the video is perfect. Not to fast, not to slow.

@john8606 4 года назад

@@lucyk9553 I like the word 'funnely' though...

@marciagonzalezanez7986 10 месяцев назад

I will never stop loving this type of analysis, PLEASE keep doing them!!!!!!!!!

@blablahblablah836 4 года назад

I need way more of this man his vibe is just sooooo soothing

@lulujdy 6 лет назад

It's like Muhammad Ali was singing every time he spoke. Soo much rhythm and meter in his voice, it's amazing

@Prologue18 6 лет назад

lulujdy one hundred percent.

@incorrectlypolitical9525 6 лет назад

He was the first rapper

@craigusselman546 5 лет назад

His voice was so unique Will did a awesome job.

@rimun5235 5 лет назад

Same with Martin Luther King.

@eyesofthecervino3366 4 года назад

Do you suppose it's connected to his ability to fight? Like, maybe there's this deeper sense of timing and rhythm that he's in touch with and tapping into. . . .

@lauramcnally3452 5 лет назад

I love how he smiles when they're doing a good job

@AAO-92 5 лет назад

Even I feel a sense of accomplishment and I have nothing to do with it.

@laiqa_2203 5 лет назад

Laura McNally Especially the Gandhi one. Oh my

@arispalate 4 года назад

I liked watching him talk.. and the way he lit up when it was a scene he really enjoyed made my day

@DanJanTube 4 года назад

That Lincoln performance just blows me away every time I see it. I almost can't even watch the movie. Somehow DDL managed to reach "uncanny valley" territory while being (apparently) a real human being.

@dewbert5984 6 лет назад

This is one of my favorite series on Wired, I can say that I've never clicked faster for a video on this channel.

@KTK44 6 лет назад

On Wired? More like on RU-vid!

@tare_ 6 лет назад

I hope this becomes a regular series until they run out of movie accents to cover.

@gwalavision 6 лет назад

just was about to write the same comment

@cpuassassin1422 6 лет назад

Ya these are awesome I always feel smarter listening to Erik.

@dozer11 6 лет назад

Agreed! This info the amazing. I wish I understood accents better, but this is helping me so much!

@waex3344 6 лет назад

Ashton Kutcher portrays every character as Ashton Kutcher

@FarikoWishless 6 лет назад

SH S Lol exactly he's always the same. I like some of his stuff but XD it's always the same.

@incorrectlypolitical9525 6 лет назад

He's just been playing Kelso over and over and over..

@gedeyogam9096 6 лет назад

Well its asthon kutcher playing steve jobs playing asthon kucther...

@1R0QU012 6 лет назад

I thought Jobs was a great movie. I think it failed because people only see Kutcher as Kelso despite Kutcher’s actual intelligence. It’s not Kutcher’s ability to act but rather his audience’s connection to the character of Kelso.

@karissahuff6949 6 лет назад

The Butterfly Effect was pretty good.

@greysunshine 4 года назад

The Selena situation is a peculiar one. The family wanted to get this done as soon as possible. The movie is mostly highlights of her life through a rose-colored filter. Thousands of young women who really resembled Selena auditioned for the role. Jeniffer Lopez was cast based on being on her experience as an actress-albeit limited at the time, and her ability to dance. She looks nothing like Selena, but I shudder to think how much worse it would have been had a complete unknown been cast in her stead.

@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 4 года назад

But then again, casting someone who didn't have such a strong New York drawl and closer to TexMex could have helped

@chickenpoodlesoup 3 года назад

This man is simply amazing. I'd watch 100 more videos of him. His knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious

@shawn4664 5 лет назад

WE DEMAND MORE ERIK SINGER

@4TheRightJAYZUSIsAVirtueSignal 4 года назад

Facts

@Snubrevolver 4 года назад

YES give the other guy the boot

@p4cks 4 года назад

I admire J-Lo. making so much money being distinctly average in everything you do is seriously impressive

@TooLittleInfo 4 года назад

Yeah, honestly that is pretty boss.

@G-y_m 4 года назад

Below average

@alexangel4758 4 года назад

How she’s the face of the Latina community is baffling

@BigTuna-xs8ic 4 года назад

Lol and she can't sing. Her dancing is amazing though.

@aname4141 4 года назад

@@alexangel4758 Her secret is that she believes that she’s so great at everything so much, enough people will believe her.

@mcshivers6414 3 года назад

Daniel Day-Lewis takes the cake for me. I am mesmerized by his acting. And Lincoln is no different. Incredible movie.

@edh7071 2 года назад

I was really interested in hearing about Johnny Cash's pronunciation of "when." I was in grade school in the mid 1950s, and we were specifically taught to pronounce the "wh" combination of letters as if the letters were arranged "hw" - aspirating the "h." (I still do it, and it's especially noticeable if I'm repeating the news reporter's mantra of "Who, What, Where, When and Why."

@djbeema Год назад

Hank Hill I tell you hwat

@nihilisticbarbie Год назад

Where were you growing up, in the south?

@flatplant 6 лет назад

Cuba's version of OJ sounded emotional, OJ himself sounded like a sociopath.

@vianeyboruel504 6 лет назад

Uncle Ben so true

@mdgsk824 6 лет назад

It's one thing to make an artistic choice for a fictional character but in a biographical story it's deliberate misrepresentation. He actually portrait OJs character in a "better" light even though the other actors went for a accurate representaion of their roles. Makes no sense

@DanielAvelan 6 лет назад

Let's assume for a second that he is innocent: the whole thing would be nightmarish at first, but don't you think that after a while the guy would be really tired and annoyed of being in jail, having the press climbing up his ass, constant rehearsals with his layers and attending several hours long court proccedings and interviews? I know I would have killed ten people just to have some peace if had to go through half of that shit.

@Jennyfisch 6 лет назад

True. He is a great actor, but he can't play cold, at least I haven't seen that of him yet.

@MA-lx8op 4 года назад

i don't think cuba is the best actor out there. he plays every character the same.

@TaylorIserman 6 лет назад

I would watch a tv show about accents with this guy as the host

@bigstunna2049 6 лет назад

Taylor Iserman I'd binge a season of it

@yogtheterrible 6 лет назад

I will always vote for more of these videos.

@gokinsmen 6 лет назад

*Cunning Linguistics with Erik Singer*

@maxxsteele9396 6 лет назад

gokinsmen well played sir. Well played ;)

@SkidMcmarxx 6 лет назад

I would watch this guy do anything.

@sarahherbert85 3 года назад

I wish they offered a class like this back in high school! This kind of learning is just so fascinating to me..🤯

@propogandalf 2 года назад

This is extremely specialized. Wouldn't make sense to teach this in high school. Maybe you can enroll in a college linguistics course.

@galaxyofreesesking2124 4 года назад

This man is one of few people I consider a really good (or perhaps 'great') teacher.

@nikksterr627 5 лет назад

Speaking of Fassbender, can we talk about how he does that high class British accent in inglorious basterds and then spoke in German with the same inflection? Loved it.

@LilLilac 3 года назад

What’s the time stamp?

@tristanmoller9498 6 лет назад

This guy has such a developed sense of hearing, I can’t hear half the differences

@AlanaBananaCanada 5 лет назад

Tristan Möller Thats because english is not your first language

@frankm.2850 5 лет назад

I'm a native speaker and I couldn't pick up on a couple of these. The wh sound doesn't sound any different to me for example

@AlanaBananaCanada 5 лет назад

Frank Martin Perhaps u need a hearing aid, because everyone can tell the diff when people annunciate the H in what when where why and white

@carolynegeng9675 5 лет назад

Alana BananaCanada It is nuanced to some, more apparent to others. It doesn't mean we have hearing loss or don't speak English well.

@JFlukejr 5 лет назад

What are you talking about he was just saying cool whistle

@KailashCiaran 3 года назад

I routinely say “YESS THEY AAARE” in my Jackie Kennedy voice and gesture and nobody has anybody what I’m doing 😂

@bernardgena980 3 года назад

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@ChristynaElaine 5 лет назад

Natalie Portman creeped me out 💀 gotta give her her props

@TallicaMan1986 5 лет назад

plot twist. He isn't paused when the clips play, he just stops and does tableu.

@OHYS 5 лет назад

Hehe this made me laugh

@luxtp 5 лет назад

9:46

@leonkallstrom2986 5 лет назад

TallicaMan1986 o

@mrflibble1259 5 лет назад

17:01 impressive

@mennograafmans1595 5 лет назад

@ArtisticGems _ The thing with Trump gave it away for me.

@extremetee 4 года назад

I have just spent over an hour listening to this guy describing how people talk and I am okay with that and actually feel like a better person!

@katy4639 3 года назад

I can’t stop watching these videos. He’s just awesome!

@fauxcommander 6 лет назад

I'm seriously in love with this man.

@brittneyhuggins9541 6 лет назад

vegan linguist he's gorgeous

@godslaya4563 6 лет назад

Brittney Huggins Daddy!!

@Abigpuppy 6 лет назад

vegan linguist I'll admit he's pretty damn charming

@user-nf3hh8kn5r 6 лет назад

Right

@Ae3lolz 6 лет назад

hed probably hate your skinny vegan ass

@bjam89 6 лет назад

has jessie eisenberg ever played any other character type? every time i see him he speaks the same damned way

@mdgsk824 6 лет назад

That's just him being himself. A cocky little smart ass

@DanielAvelan 6 лет назад

He played the Joker in BvS.

@gauthamgauri1735 6 лет назад

He played Lex not joker

@bjam89 6 лет назад

and even as lex he still played himself

@katiemp670 6 лет назад

he tends to play smart and witty characters very well, as, like him or not he is both of these things.

@archeewaters 9 месяцев назад

thank you for breaking it down. it's fascinating!

@queerasfolkbymoi 2 года назад

I love these videos so much. I’d like to see him take on the whole The Crown cast!

@sarazorz 6 лет назад

Erik Singer needs to do more RU-vid videos. I LOVE his analyses.

@koamaru613 6 лет назад

Analysi

@91_C4_FL 5 лет назад

Eric should break down all of Tom Hank's portrayals of real people.

@tbeller80 4 года назад

@Black Ninja in that case, how well did Hanks do an Alabama accent?

@tommyhallum2747 4 года назад

I hear people say (southern accent) a lot but just like any other region of the country, for the most part every southern state has its own distinct sound.

@cherrycoke3665 4 года назад

Yea that are quite a lot of people

@marijaobradovic6346 4 года назад

I became so hooked on these expert opinion videos. So great. Btw, I don’t know if you saw movie The Last King of Scotland ( if you didn’t I highly recommend you to), but what Forest Whitaker did there is one of the finest peace of acting I have ever seen in my life in cinema or in theatre. He really did became Amin. I had goosebumps

@MyMusic-cd3do 11 месяцев назад

Not only was this guy spot on and able to demonstrate a lot of what he was talking about himself, the editing was great!

@mgk2020 5 лет назад

I'd love to have him break down my accent.

@oneblacksun 5 лет назад

Does he have an online thing? You pay him to analyse your voice, something like that? That'd be nice.

@inesbarbosa8517 4 года назад

Don’t we all?

@Zannypants666 4 года назад

As someone who grew up in NY, Boston, and Texas, I would love for him to too

@BigTuna-xs8ic 4 года назад

@@Zannypants666 yikes now THATS an accent

@basicradical3581 3 года назад

Same bruh, my accent alternates between British, Nigerian and American apparently.

@ozzy3684 5 лет назад

his intelligence makes him so attractive this is not up for debate

@ilovebrittanator 5 лет назад

he's already attractive as it is so this is like a bonus

@The1nvisibleJeevas 5 лет назад

I haven't yet seen an unattractive linguist tbh. Just look at the two linguistic juggernauts, Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker (both are old men now, but in their prime they looked gooood)

@ilovebrittanator 5 лет назад

you riiiight

@age-ben4910 5 лет назад

He reminds me of comedian Daniel Tosh...idk why tho?

@Tryonst704 5 лет назад

@@age-ben4910 spot on

@AlexGonzalez-fp9gs 2 года назад

I love the editing in this. The timing w the scenes is hilarious

@mk4evah193 2 года назад

Especially with the Zuckerberg one! 😂

@yousefalnady 4 года назад

that smile when Billie holiday was singing amazing

@iknowCris 6 лет назад

I would love to see a video like this for the upcoming movie "The Disaster artist" James Franco vs Tommy Wiseau. That would be awesome

@adrenalinevan 6 лет назад

I'd like to see him try and guess just what the hell Tommy Wiseau's accent is using his amazing super knowledge powers.

@adamsapa2452 6 лет назад

Tsharli Foster definitely Polish. He sounds like every Polish-born American/Canadian family member I've ever known

@adrenalinevan 6 лет назад

Adam Sapa well then maybe he can just go into detail about all of his mannerisms. Like a video explaining how to do the perfect Tommy Wiseau impression

@adrenalinevan 6 лет назад

I'd just really like for him to do something Wiseau related

@PONYBOYonline 6 лет назад

Oh hi mark

@Noddles404 6 лет назад

ewan mcgregor is easily the saving grace of the star wars prequels

@lonewolfgamingplus379 6 лет назад

Noddles Where the plot and everything else is all boring and dull and badly written he was the light at the end of the tunnel

@jdldrummer 6 лет назад

Wow. You really didn't think the prequels had interesting plots? The point is we KNEW what was going to happen... that's what prequels are....

@MrShanester117 6 лет назад

Noddles Definitely true. I can't lie, I loved seeing Samuel L. Jackson. I don't think he did a great job so that was just my actor bias.

@Kim-zf5dp 6 лет назад

I would also say the costume, hair and makeup department deserve some praise.

@ozymandias5847 6 лет назад

Noddles Conor Mcgregor!! 49-1

@daniellouis6665 2 года назад

Omg I love this. Thanks for the fascinating video.

@bookadmirer.3699 2 года назад

All of Meryl's accents...Chef's kiss😍🤩

@angelawossname 2 года назад

No, her Australian accent was appalling.

@bookadmirer.3699 2 года назад

@@angelawossname HOW DARE YOU! LOL

@deus_ex_machina_ 6 лет назад

I must say the editing in these videos really helps make it entertaining.

@notatruck2640 6 лет назад

Deus Ex Machina abortion-bortion-bortion

@minamina99 6 лет назад

I could listen to Erik explain all the little details aaaaalll day. This is so fascinating!

@zoekirk1848 6 лет назад

I could just listen to him talk all day tbh

@Nimesay1 6 лет назад

same.

@abuzaffarmohammed9561 6 лет назад

Mina Mina Now Girls just Calm down....

@daniellehardy1127 3 года назад

I LOVE these videos. His voice is soothing for some odd reason.

@redvienna1316 Год назад

Just found out Erik is the dude that coached Austin Butler for Elvis, incredible stuff

@AlexanderWung 6 лет назад

"Obi-Wan Kenobi wasn't a real person" *Oh I don't think so*

@kevinfromsales6842 6 лет назад

Hello there

@CapeSwooshProductions 6 лет назад

*TRIGGERED*

@axalino 6 лет назад

This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them.

@Qaztar44 6 лет назад

Another happy landing, then

@nealeworthington4557 6 лет назад

He was real! It just happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Duh!

@ianbent0n 6 лет назад

Whoever edited this did a great job.

@meepmeepimajeep 6 лет назад

Ian Benton agreed

@bushidobell1284 6 лет назад

I was waiting for someone to say it.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 4 года назад

Thanks! :)

@carrotlime 3 года назад

16:34 "when you put that information in your profile that you bought a scarf, that's something that your friends might find interesting, right?" "no." "...um." 😂

@livinontheedge7586 3 года назад

Never cared about dialects or accents or speech patterns etc. until I started watching these videos of Erik teaching us about them. I find everything he says so interesting 🧐👌

@mikal6217 4 года назад

As a French person who became fluent in English only in my 20s, I realized the importance of original voice acting in actors' performances, and how Dubbing movies (which is extremely common in France) is litterally destroying 50% of the actor's efforts when they impersonate historical figures. It's remarkable, really. I love languages

@hexyko4850 4 года назад

Props to you. I am Brazilian and started learning English as a young child, but it's still not as good as I would like it to be I want to be more eloquent in both my native language and English, and to do that I need to have a big vocabulary and use less slang. I will be 22 this year. Learning a language is a lifelong process. Here we have excellent voice actors, but they don't really put an effort with accents except in rare cases. I like how they change the jokes and puns so they make more sense to us. That being said, if you're watching a biopic, chances are you will use subtitles and listen to the original audio. I prefer to watch cartoons dubbed, the rest I'll use subtitles. I'll only watch dubbed films if it's something unimportant, like a cheap comedy.

@BBaaaaa 2 года назад

@@hexyko4850 As a fellow brazilian, agreed! Great tips :) That's how I studied to become fluent in english, btw, good luck on your journey

@maja194 2 года назад

I feel that! I’m German, and dubbing is huge here as well. There is really a lot that’s lost on us, whether it’s idiolects or accents in general, but it does make the movies more accessible…

@marianmeletlidiscrap Год назад

Here (Greece) dubbing is not really as widespread as it is in a lot of other European countries. Generally, anything that is aimed towards children (or even all ages sometimes) is dubbed, and anything that is aimed towards adults is just subbed. Of course, there are exceptions to this (for example, the TV series Gotham has a Greek dub available)

@slome815 9 месяцев назад

@@marianmeletlidiscrap It all depends on population. Here in Belgium (flanders), and the netherlands, subtitles are the norm for everything except children TV and movies. The dutch speaking population is just too small for dubs. I'm thankfull for this, it really has made me used to watching stuff in the original language, and very few dubs are well done anyway. Especially in TV interviews dubbing really bothers me, I think that when it's the news, subs should really be the norm everywhere. It does make it weird for many of us to see the adverse reaction many people have to subtitles, we're all just so used to it.