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Old 05-07-2003, 09:25 AM
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Originally posted by carnation
What bugged me about Larry Hagman's "Dallas" accent was that it wasn't his real one. His real one doesn't sound too Texasy and he probably spent a lot of his youth in California and New York anyway.

But it was like the producers said,"Okay, Larry, you just don't sound like what the public expects Texas to sound like, camp it up!"
You're right 'bout that... Larry spent time in California and Noo Yawk, and as part of his training as an actor had to disguise or eliminate his Texican accent, as do many actors and actresses nowadays.
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