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Monday 20 June 2011

Dear Doctor Jane

Dear Doctor Jane,

"I'm having a bit of trouble. I've moved from the East End of London to Weatherfield, and something's happened to my voice along the way. No matter how hard I try, my accent still sounds as if I come from Dahnn Saarff. My partner's accent's fine; it's just mine. Can you help me?"
Yours Sincerely,
Cindy, sorry ... Stella.
PS My daughter looks older than me. What should I do?
Dear Cindy, sorry Stella,
I'd noticed that myself when I saw you for the first time. Let's give it a week or two to see if it settles down, but in the meantime I can only suggest that you go and see a specialist who might be able to help you sound a little more Northern.
I'm recommending you seek help quite urgently. I'll get my Secretary to phone you with the number of a very good chap I know, and hopefully that'll sort you out. I'll be keeping a close eye on you, and let's just hope that with a course of intensive coaching we'll be able to see a marked improvement very soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Doctor Jane.
PS As for your daughter: not a lot I can do about that one I'm afraid, but at least you're aware of the problem.

5 comments:

Digger said...

I don't know why they bother. If an actor patently can't "do" an accent, why not simply write in a few seconds' back story to allow them Savvern roots? It worked fine for Danny Baldwin. Accents come naturally for some - Sean Gilder was so good as Paddy Maguire I thought he *was* Irish until I saw him in The Shadow Line - but not for others. No point forcing it. If she tries too hard, she'll end up really needing a doctor!

Llywela said...

I'm actually not that bothered by the accent. It's a little rough around the edges, but by the end of the Friday episodes I'd stopped noticing the voice Michelle Collins was using and was just seeing the character Stella. I think everyone should just wait and see how she settles into the role instead of giving her a hard time based on her first couple of episodes. The character has loads of potential.

Scott Willison said...

If Stella does find a way to make her daughter look younger than her, can she pass the info on to Nicky Platt?

The Bard said...

Michelle Collins is an ACTOR and should be able to go into a role and take on that regional accent. Its part and parcel of the trade like typing for a secretary. You wouldnt have know John Savidant as Fred Elliot wasnt really a northerner but in "real" life he had a posh Shakespearean accent. If she had difficulty she should have appointed a dialect coach, not just turn up to the job and speak like a strangled cat.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Digger. I suspect in the long-run, she won't be able to maintain the accent and it'll go the way of other personality-changes or story-changes down the line and the producers will just expect fans to not remember.

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