that damn accent

Molly's dub voice bothers me as much as the next person. But what grates me even more is that people label her "unique" accent as a New York one. Im a New Yorker (and proud of it!) and nobody in New York speaks like that. If they did, no one would live here! Now, maybe the dub *did* intend Molly to be from the Big Apple. They were, after all, trying to rid Sailor Moon of any semblance of Japanese culture, so giving one of the characters a voice that could not possibly be Japanese would be an added bonus. But there are New York accent imitations and New York accent imitations. Has anyone seen Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny? That's a good New York accent. It's exaggerated for humour, but it doesn't hurt one's ears. Molly's voice does. Labeling her as a New Yorker is ruining the reputation of our fair city. So just fuhgget aboud it, ya hea?

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