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Meet The Dupes S2E8...


Is it me or do these guys have the absolute WORST New York accents ever? They're not just trying for New York, they're trying for New York Ghetto. Totally killed it for me. I found myself so distracted listening to it I had trouble keeping up with the episode lol. I'm from nyc born and raised so maybe my ears are just more tuned than the avg person but I've heard some pretty convincing New York accents by other people and I just can't believe how bad these were lol

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Sounded like some terrible blend of New York/Brooklyn/Queens/Jersey with Black Ghetto and just a hint of Italian accent.

"Just tell the minister, I'm gonna be a few minutes late". *Cue John Williams' Superman theme*

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The accents were complete camp. I was laughing so much, on top of the hair and outfits! It's a shame bloopers never made it to any of the DVD sets. "Meet the Dupes" seems like it would have been perfect; how could the cast have kept a straight face?!

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Duplicates of them was an interesting idea but did not get what their motivations were and it ended with no resolution.

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I'm from nyc born and raised so maybe my ears are just more tuned than the avg person

That makes no sense. That actually means you're less likely to pick out the accents.

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What are you talking about? As a native New Yorker I am MORE likely to pick out a crappy New York accent. You're confused bud, it's you that makes no sense

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