Cultural references of Aston Villa

[pauliewalnuts]

2hours 9m into Le Mans '66, lad watching his dad race on tv is wearing a 1961 home shirt.

In real life "his dad" was born in Sutton. Went to Bishop Vesey. Was purportedly a Villa  fan.

I thought Christian Bale, in that film, gave the best portrayal of a Brummie accent I've seen on screen from anyone not from Birmingham.

He seemed to realise that the mistake most people make is they try too hard, they make it too extreme, whereas the vast majority of people in the West Midlands have a sort of soft, slightly inflected, stretch vowelled accent.

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

[edgysatsuma89]

2hours 9m into Le Mans '66, lad watching his dad race on tv is wearing a 1961 home shirt.

In real life "his dad" was born in Sutton. Went to Bishop Vesey. Was purportedly a Villa  fan.

I thought Christian Bale, in that film, gave the best portrayal of a Brummie accent I've seen on screen from anyone not from Birmingham.

He seemed to realise that the mistake most people make is they try too hard, they make it too extreme, whereas the vast majority of people in the West Midlands have a sort of soft, slightly inflected, stretch vowelled accent.

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

[Somniloquism]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

[edgysatsuma89]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

[Percy McCarthy]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

Cillian Murphy was okay at the end.

[Rory]

Mostly miss, or at least in the first few seasons. I didn't watch it later on.

That's a shame, people do really seem to struggle with the accent without making it a caricature.

Cillian Murphy was okay at the end.

Yeah, from the bits I've seen, Murphy does okay. Not perfect, but he doesn't ham it up.

[Mister E]

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

Murphy was okay. Arthur - his brother - was definitely going for the 'full Midlander' and ended up being a bit yam-yam.

[Neil Hawkes]

The Strain - Season 1 Episode 10.

Villa tea cosy.

[Bad English]

The Strain - Season 1 Episode 10.

Villa tea cosy.

Strain. How apt!

[RamboandBruno]

Actors always seem to think the best way to do it is to go for Carl Chinn.

How do the Peaky Blinders get on? I've never seen it.

Murphy was okay. Arthur - his brother - was definitely going for the 'full Midlander' and ended up being a bit yam-yam.

I thought the bloke playing Arthur did an ok job tbh and Cillian Murphy did well as it went on. They didn’t make the mistake of going semi Black Country which is what so many non brummies trying to do the accent do. Brummie is deeper and quicker than the Black Country accent. Far less draaaawwwn ooout like we’ve had a lonotomy, than we see in most TV/film