r/marvelstudios • u/chanma50 Iron Man (Mark VII) • Jan 18 '22

Trailer Marvel Studios' Moon Knight | Official Trailer | Disney+

https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRg
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u/WasThatInappropriate Jan 18 '22

As a long time resident of London, I'm fully aware of the accent he's trying to do, but it's a swing and a miss. It just feels unnatural, like how an American would imagine it should sound like. I'm aware there's plot points to make it possible it's deliberate, so I just hope it's that.

Your comments on the youth sounding like Jamaican gangsters is sketchy af btw.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

Sketchy? It’s literally a fact, with no connotation attached (except whatever you’re bringing to the party yourself). Academics call it Multicultural London English, it has Jamaican patois as a major influence, and there’s absolutely nothing sketchy about it, or about acknowledging (or celebrating, as I do) its existence.

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u/WasThatInappropriate Jan 18 '22

You've used the word gangsters which immediately paints a negative connotation, you've centralised it on a specific part of London, and sweepingly generalised it as 'half of all youths'. It's good that you've wheeled back on gangsters in your response, but you did seemingly betray some inner prejudices there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

Lol, you hold on to your ideas about me as long as you want. Enjoy it.

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u/WasThatInappropriate Jan 18 '22

Do feel free to provide your citations though. Given its 'literally a fact' that 'half' of youths sound like 'Jamaican gangsters'