Re: Can we all agree that Halle Berry ruined X-Men 3?



On 29 May 2006 13:46:52 -0700, "jombithedjinn" <jombidjinn@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

She took up way too much screen time, she's so talentless she can't
even speak with an African accent (and Storm is supposed to be from
Africa), and because of her 20 million dollar paycheck, their might not
be an X-Men 4 since the costs would be too high.


OK, I agree that she's not the best actress around, but why the focus
on the accent? Many people when they immigrate take on the accent of
their new country.

As an example look to Ryk Neethling and Roland Schoeman, South African
swimmers, who both went to the US to train and study and now have
American accents. An even better example would be Charlize Theron, a
nice Afrikaans "poppie" from Benoni who now speaks as if she were born
and raised in the US. Some people assimilate completely and others do
not so maybe Storm was one of them, get over it.

Lynley

P.S. Come down to Africa and see how many people have American
accents even though they have never, ever left their country.
.



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