Thursday August 04, 2005

Worst Accent Ever?

Dukes of Hazzard is finally here, and—surprise—it sucks. It sucks so bad that a Variety review classified as positive by Rotten Tomatoes reads, “Assuming that someone was determined to remake this mediocre but iconic TV show, this is probably as good as it’s going to get.”

I have not seen the movie, but based on the trailer I’m interested in the groundbreaking work Jessica Simpson seems to have done in the field of terrible Southern accents. I’ve only heard one line—something about her “undercarriage”—but it sounds truly awful. This is quite a feat, of course, since Simpson is from Abilene. It must take a special kind of voice coach to help you botch your own dialect.