Cymru1991 wrote:Has to be Simon (Moon) for me. Although I think Anthony LaPaglia did an excellent job, he just irritated the hell out of me!
Emil wrote:Hi there Frasier fans; this is my first post on this forum!
I think jodoya is the only one who mentioned Julia so far. She's my least favorite; that whole storyline with the love-hate relationship; her rivalry with Roz etc just makes me cringe; not really sure why. And the way Frasier and Julia fall in love is... lame.
Emil wrote:Hi there Frasier fans; this is my first post on this forum!
I think jodoya is the only one who mentioned Julia so far. She's my least favorite; that whole storyline with the love-hate relationship; her rivalry with Roz etc just makes me cringe; not really sure why. And the way Frasier and Julia fall in love is... lame.
CatNamedRudy wrote:I liked Julia too. She had some good episodes and I have always loved Felicity Huffman so that helped.
Patrick wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote:I liked Julia too. She had some good episodes and I have always loved Felicity Huffman so that helped.
I am not too sure about that. I saw her once in another sitcom and she played the exact same role, same mannerisms, even same expressions. I tend to think that the good actors are the ones that you can barely recognize when they play a different character, like Patrick Stewart who is as believable when he plays a gay man as when he plays a straight one, for example.
SimonW wrote:Most of the British characters, especially Daphne's mum and her brother Simon.
Prehensile1982 wrote:I'm quoting a 21 month old post, but......SimonW wrote:Most of the British characters, especially Daphne's mum and her brother Simon.
This.
Even if their accents were remotely accurate, they're still horrible characters and the only thing I honestly didn't like about the later seasons.
Patrick wrote:It seems like a rule of thumb in shows like this that the foreigners will be depicted in a very unflattering way. The French people are no more accurate or realistic for example. I have dined in countless French restaurants (being French myself that's not that much of an exploit) and not even once have I witnessed a scene like the one where the owner is arguing out loud with his wife and daughter and saying things like "I spit in your bisque" . He wouldn't stay in business very long if he did and if anything we French are much more private in our dealings than Americans as shown in television. The same can be said about the Greeks in Beware of Greeks for example or the Germans in an Affair to Forget... to name a few.
Eddie2012 wrote:I don't think it was too bad on Frasier, though. Sure, it can be a bit tiring for the 'targeted' nation (for me, mostly the fact that they use the same stereotypes over and over again, like all Germans being Bavarian and all French being obsessed with wine, etc.), but they ususally had also nice things to say about them.
And I loved 'Robert', the French shopkeeper . Completely over the top as well, but just great
daphy wrote:I'm shocked no one has said Poppy.
PistolPoet wrote:daphy wrote:I'm shocked no one has said Poppy.
Yes, I absolutely hate Poppy and I think her character is inconsistent. It's quite impossible that someone so thoroughly annoying in Everyone's a Critic can suddenly change completely in front of Niles in Rivals.
Also, I know she appears for just a few minutes in High Holidays, but I abhor that French girl and her over-the-top accent.
Patrick wrote:PistolPoet wrote:daphy wrote:I'm shocked no one has said Poppy.
Yes, I absolutely hate Poppy and I think her character is inconsistent. It's quite impossible that someone so thoroughly annoying in Everyone's a Critic can suddenly change completely in front of Niles in Rivals.
Also, I know she appears for just a few minutes in High Holidays, but I abhor that French girl and her over-the-top accent.
It's a fake accent BTW, no real French would talk quite this way. The way she says "garagiste" for example which is a French word, doesn't sound French at all.
PistolPoet wrote:...
Btw, can you possibly tell me what in the name of everything is Clint Webber saying? In The Perfect Guy Roz asks him if he speaks French, and he spouts a lot of nonsense. I can only sort of make out "belles femmes" at the end.
PistolPoet wrote:Thank you! I was starting to think it was made-up French, like the made-up Mandarin later in the episode.
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