A Conversation for Why Villains in Movies Have English Accents

the devil is british, or hes supposed to be...

Post 1

chainsawkitten

the devil is supposedly british, and so would have an english accent.


the devil is british, or hes supposed to be...

Post 2

neandertal

No, actually the old saying is "God must be an Englishman"


the devil is british, or hes supposed to be...

Post 3

chainsawkitten

is it? ive never heard that one.

i thought god was a woman, or so deb told me, then again deb is slightly schizophreniac....smiley - winkeye
ha ha no joking. it was just a thought i guess.

do you believe the story is already written or can a bold and corageous act change the course of history?smiley - erm


the devil is british, or hes supposed to be...

Post 4

Ford_Prefect "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"Apocalypse 2006 REPRESENT!

wait, who ever heard the devil speak?
and yes a bold corageous act can change history
9/11
Columbine
WWI
its all there
cheers
fordsmiley - cheers


the devil is british, or hes supposed to be...

Post 5

pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain)


I have heard a few irish and scottish storytellers and I have noticed some commonality in the choice of accents for various characters

1 - the devil is always french

2 - the king is always british, but dim

3 - the king's evil advisor always has an oxford accent, and

4 - the hero is always irish or scottish

...ok, maybe not always, but often - and british films seem to favor the oxford accent for villains.


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