Supposedly, writer, John Swartzwelder stops by the sub.We also won't let you shill the Eddie Stobart trucking company. We no longer will allow you all to shill the MALK company's products and now remove them.So some political posts are allowed, but if you're completely changing a quote/image just for political reasons it can be removed. The Simpsons has always had politics within the show.Simpsons Did It) but no full on re-purposing of quotes to talk about unrelated topics. No rewriting quotes to talk about things not relating to the Simpsons. No meme templates talking about things not relating to the Simpsons.Hate that it has to be said, but personal attacks, racism, slurs, etc are not allowed and will lead to a ban.Please use spoiler tags when necessary: (/spoiler), ex: X Kills Y.Pay close attention to the rules & guidelines.Join the /r/TheSimpsons discord for daily trivia. ![]() Note: The Simpsons have made fun of politics pretty much since its inception and there will be political posts from time to time because of that. (Images, videos, quotes, news, articles, thoughts, trivia, etc.) My point: Not once have I heard a single authentic Scottish accent in a mainstream Hollywood movie outside of a boring "we can't understand what he's saying" joke a la Brave from Pixar.Įven movies like Trainspotting, which are about Scottish people in the most authentically Scottish situation (being addicted to class A drugs) have watered-down Scottish accents.Everything related to The Simpsons! Check out /r/SimpsonsShitposting if that's your thing. I mean look at this, look! That's what we call code switching. Just look at Gerard Butler in every movie he's ever starred in. Probably the most painful example of that: Glaswegian Brian Vernel, who played the gangster in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and who clearly, clearly had been politely asked to enunciate every single syllable in order to be understood. Who have compromised their authentic voice so comprehensively they'd be garrotted with a broken pint glass for talking like that in any pub in Glasgow. Great, but still not there.)Īnd then there's category 2: Scottish accents by actors who are Scottish but have watered down their accent in a desperate attempt to be understood. Jonny Lee Miller in Trainspotting is a good example. (Even accents from actors who've clearly put effort into getting it right aren't quite right. Accents that are either hyperexaggerated in a way that simply doesn't make sense, or accents that are just like… Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons. William 'Willie' MacDougal III (Scots Gaelic: Uilleam MacDhùghaill), also known as William Sean McLavel, G.K. Think Fat Bastard in Austin Powers or Scottie from Star Trek. Category 1: Scottish accents by actors who aren't Scottish. Scottish accents in cinema tend to fall into two categories. People from the North of England - be it Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle - will almost certainly feel my pain. Australians, you'll probably feel my pain. If you're from somewhere in the US with a notorious accent - say Boston - you'll probably feel my pain. ![]() ![]() It's weird to have watched mainstream movies and television for literally decades and not once heard someone sound authentically Scottish. Expressing his disdain for the French people, he says to his French class: 'Bonjourrrrrrrrr, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys' with his heavy Scottish accent. And just to be clear: As an incredibly white man bearing all the privilege that comes with it, I'm not suggesting this "Scottish situation" is in the same ballpark as, say, casting Scarlett Johansson in Asian roles, or casting cisgender actors in trans roles. In the episode, budget cuts at Springfield Elementary School force the school's Scottish janitor, Groundskeeper Willie, to teach French.
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