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Experts estimate that about two thirds of the American people, living on about 80 per cent of the land area speak this dialect—or with this accent, if one prefers that term.
Start with an accent unlike any heard anywhere on the planet, with syllables drawn out so audaciously that you want to applaud every line.
He wears a red jacket ("Classic Pooh" was naked) and speaks with an American accent.
(Nancy Franklin, The New Yorker ). Worst bits: 1) Paul Goodman, who wrote the show's music, book, and lyrics, has inserted himself into the musical, strolling onstage with a guitar and narrating in his thick Scottish accent; 2) songs with titles such as "I Love Drugs" and "I Wanna Have Sex Tonight."
Pitt's performance and his efforts at an Austrian accent are deemed "painful at moments" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Only the "beautifully filmed" (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ) mountain vistas are said to make the movie worth watching.