Slate‘s Patrick Radden Keefe links to a post reminding us that, no matter how good Ben Affleck’s new movie Gone Baby Gone may be, the man is simply Nawt from Dawt. Keefe’s review is worth a read, too, especially for this anecdote:
Even for our finest actors, the Boston accent is Everest: an irresistible, but insurmountable, challenge. . .This may seem like a minor matter to you. But for those of us who grew up possessing, or shedding, a Boston accent, it’s a deal breaker. Consider, if you will, the embarrassing hilarity that tends to ensue when my dear father, unapologetic owner of a medium-thick Boston brogue, returns an off bottle of wine at a restaurant because “I know the taste of cork. And this tastes like cork.”
Cork, indeed. Go Sawks!
