I don't know which is more annoying, Ken Wahl's fake NYC accent in "The Wanderers" or Karen Lynn Gorney's in "Saturday Night Fever". Apparently both Kaufman and Badham figured nobody would notice. We noticed.
We also noticed when TV's "Taxi" picked an actor with a Boston accent to play Tony Banta's father in the sea chanty episode. We also noticed when TV's "Facts of Life" also picked an actor with a Boston accent to play a recurring role as Jo Polniaczek's father. What is it with Hollywood that makes it think that anyone who drops his R's (naturally or when faking it) is going to pull off sounding like an authentic New Yorker?
I guess it's like that line in the British TV comedy "As Time Goes By": "To the viewer in Iowa, Dick Van Dyke (in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang") _does_ sound like a Cockney."
Aside from the fake accent, though, I still liked Wahl in this movie.
We also noticed when TV's "Taxi" picked an actor with a Boston accent to play Tony Banta's father in the sea chanty episode. We also noticed when TV's "Facts of Life" also picked an actor with a Boston accent to play a recurring role as Jo Polniaczek's father. What is it with Hollywood that makes it think that anyone who drops his R's (naturally or when faking it) is going to pull off sounding like an authentic New Yorker?
I guess it's like that line in the British TV comedy "As Time Goes By": "To the viewer in Iowa, Dick Van Dyke (in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang") _does_ sound like a Cockney."
Aside from the fake accent, though, I still liked Wahl in this movie.