| Re: Dewey Lambdin (16) - King, Ship & Sword<- You're Welcome, Sorry about the narrator :)> What's wrong with the narrator? |
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| lanky (lankydave@hotmail.com) |
2015/08/01 05:07 |
Well, where do I start :)
He has a voice which may go well in some mid-western US situations a
bit of a cross between George Guidall and Dick Hill. But it is the
most unconvincing British 18th century accent since Dick van Dyke in
Mary Poppins. In other words he is the wrong choice for these books
(IMHO) especially coming after Bruce Huntey who seemed to have a NE
USA accent leaning towards canadian(Guess) which leant itself towards
a slightly British feel for the accents. I seem to recall that John
Lee did some of the books, not a favourite of mine but not the worst.
I confess that I have in the recent past confused Bruce Huntey (in my
memory only) with Christian Rodska who excellently narrates the Kydd
books of Julian Stockwin. A very similar saga. (the vaguaries of my
approaching alzheimers methinks)
But the worst is yet to come. In my opinion, Fox is a poor narrator
for several reasons.
He bumbles his way through sentences as if the main reason he was
reading was to get to the end and bugger the nuances of meaning,
emphasis and the like.
The changes in his voice for different characters needs a micrometer
to measure, and of course he hasn't any clue, apparently, about lower
deck accents - but I've said that already.
Worse yet, in his haste to get through the book he pauses (runs out of
breath ?) part way through sentences and restarts as if it were a new
sentence, sometimes splintering the actual meaning. I needed to rehear
the words sometimes to get their true message. I seem to remember he
has finished a sentence and belatedly tacked on the last word or two
when he realized he hadn't actually ended in the right place.
Now I know nobody's perfect ('cept me 'n thee) :) and other narrators
do make mistakes, but I'm guessing that these others re-read more than
Jack Fox does.
I also know that Dewey Lambdin is American but he has obviously
researched his subject well and if read in a British or pseudo British
way all is hunky dory. I just hope that he or his producers don't
think of authentic accents as strange and non-understandable by the US
public - a la Cheryl Cole etc.
It's only my opinion, of course, but I'm so saddened by his
presentation that I've gone to ebooks to read these last four volumes,
where I can give it the full Ooooo Arrrr Jim Laaaaaad (Long John
Siver) approach. :)
If I was actually buying these books (ahem!) I would be disappointed
and I would be writing to Dewey Lambdin to say so.
C'est la vie
lanky
lanky
I'd give you a piece of my mind, but I'm on the last one
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