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Iain - 19 Jan 2007 20:31 GMT

Does anyone else feel that upspeakers are conscious of their own
upspeak?

I notice Orlando Bloom is a habitual upspeaker, except in Pirates of
the Carribean and LotR and Kingdom of Heaven, in which he talks like he
always does but with the upspeak stifled.

~Iain

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Flying Tortoise - 20 Jan 2007 01:17 GMT

> Does anyone else feel that upspeakers are conscious of their own
> upspeak?
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>
> ~Iain

Well, actually, that suggests that he's not conscious of it. In acting,
he's making a conscious effort (probably under direction) to modify
speech patterns to those appropriate to the character not concerning
himself with any perceived verbal tic.

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Iain - 20 Jan 2007 15:40 GMT

> > Does anyone else feel that upspeakers are conscious of their own
> > upspeak?
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> speech patterns to those appropriate to the character not concerning
> himself with any perceived verbal tic.

What I mean is, when doing this, he targets the upspeak and not much
else.

I notice this in many actors -- even upspeaking child actors are very
good at flattening their upspeak when playing period roles (consider
Jeremy Sumpter's Peter Pan -- American speech patterns but with upspeak
omitted).

~Iain

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