Dude.

I have never once watched one second of any of the "Chicago" shows, but I was watching a yahoo video about Steph Curry dunking, and after the SC video played, this scene from a recent episode (fast forward to 1 minute in) came on.

To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Hearing these LA and New York actors try to do a Chicago accent, and seeing how galldang over-the-top they go with it, made me realize I really wasn't missing much by never watching.

It was hard to hear. And seeing their facial expressions. One thing I have learned about dialects is that it really is all about shaping your mouth. These guys are going for some DeNiro-come-Yiddish expression that I just don't see much in Chicago.

Don't they have professionals to coach these guys? Its bad.

https://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/video/ ... ey/3903436

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They almost sound like I do.

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No way. It is bad. I have a few uncles and cousins who have it really bad, and these guys make them sound like Walter Cronkite.

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I expect a guy named bastian schweinstinger to have an accent

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why is it only white people that have the accent?

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That's not true. Reader and Nas both have pretty good Chicago accents. Not as heavy as mine, but they have them.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Chicago Fire is just bad. I tried watching the 1st season, but after having watched a good show like "Rescue Me" it was just impossible to watch.

Rescue Me is gritty and does all the things you can't do on network TV. Chicago Fire is crap, as is 90% of the content on network TV

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There are different accents throughout the city. Even the "Chicago accent" has its subtle differences in different parts of the city

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The worst accent in the history of accents;

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I have no idea why mine is as heavy as it. Neither of my parents sounded that idiotic.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I can't watch these show, I couldn't watch E.R. when it was on. The broad stereotypes and accents don't bother me as much as the geographic inconsistencies. And on a cop/fire/ tc. show, you are always going to be talking about street names, directions, and intersections. My wife texted me one night because she heard someone say "Wa-bah-na-sia" for Wabansia. Jesus Christ, just pick another street. They could hire an Uber driver to proofread these scripts.

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I love that movie where Brian Dennehy is Gacy picking up kids with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I give the movies way more leeway than the television shows. They are one-and-done usually.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Remember in the 90's when everybody on TV in Chicago lived across the street from Wrigley Field?

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

That isn't as bad as the buses that say, "Next stop Dev'-un."

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The intersection in Park Ridge where The Blues Brothers get pulled over the first time is pretty much identical today. Things don't change in the ridge

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There's a scene in that Drew Peterson movie where way back on the horizon you could see a palm tree.

I was born and raised in Bolingbrook and don't recall seeing any palm trees while growing up.

Best line from that Peterson movie... "I'm untouchable, bitch!"

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A couple of the actors are actually British so if you hear them talk in interviews, it makes the "accent" much more impressive. Have you heard Voight from PD? Now that's a voice. Also, I find it annoying they have characters with the last name of Halsted. I frequently complain about that with my coworker Horace Lakeshoredrive.

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Halsted was named after a couple bankers in Philadelphia.

LOLOL, great post. As a watcher of Chicago PD I know exactly what the OP is saying.

They have a few crossover episodes a year. He has to be talking about the guy who was on Sex in the City on Chicago Fire. Yep, I know I know, man card, etc. Don't care, I know the actor he is talking about. It is so over the top it is embarrassing.

I wanted to like Chicago Fire, but it is just garbage. I cannot believe the ratings on it.

My wife will read in bed while I watch Chicago PD and she will chirm in when she hears Voight talk. She is always, "Oh its Batman" Her nickname for him.
PD has good predictable story lines.

Hmmm. .. to my surprise, you are not MXDCookie.

I had thought that you were a woman.

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Or when in When Harry met Sally when they were driving home to New York from the U of C campus, and starting out southbound on North LSD.

And for the record, you're the first person to say that I have a Chicago accent.

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I kinda like Chicago PD and my wife and kid like Chicago Med, but I've only seen a couple episodes of Chicago Fire, and there's one character (he's a fireman and also the bar owner?) whose voice is SO over the top, I think it's probably his authentic voice, not an affectation, because someone would've told him to just fucking stop already.

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I think you are talking about the character, Lt. Christopher Herman, played by actor David Eisenberg.

I heard him in an interview on WGN Radio with Pete McMurray. Comes across as an extremely likeable and genuine guy. His "natural voice" is close to what you see on television. However, it is definitely amped up for the show. He actually hails from Naperville.

I admit that I am a fan of the entire Chicago series and have watched every episode of every show since day one. I am glad to hear that MANY of the extras - cops, firemen, EMT's, nurses, etc. - are all actual local first responders/talent. However, when one of those "authentic extras" speak in their natural voice, the difference between fake and real is obvious.

There's an older high ranking Chicago Fire character that pops up a few times a year and deals with Chief Boden. He is all gray with a mustache and is definitely the real deal. You can't fake that one, my friend.

Also, a couple of Chicago PD episodes featured a cameo of noted local Mob lawyer, Joe "The Shark" Lopez, defending one of the perps arrested by Voight (Yes - that is his real voice).

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BITE!

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I’ve had locals tell me about my accent. Apparently my speech pattern and s few words flag me as urban be rural. Was told it a few times out west that I had a city accent but they couldn’t figure out which one. I think my voice is about as midwestern flat as you can get as long as I avoid saying sausage. Apparently it sounds like I’m auditioning for the super fans skit.

I have a strong accent and I couldn't stomach these awful accents, one guy sounded like the regular guy( xrt) but in my 20 minutes I gave this show, the acting was unbearable, the writing was poor. All around unwatchable show.

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I have some friends in Lexington, KY that get a kick out of my accent. Once in awhile I turn it up to Regular Guy level to give them a real thrill.

Incidentally, one of the guys I know in Lexington who likes my accent is originally from Guinea in West Africa and he has an accent of his own. We were in a bar once and a guy asked him where he was from. He told the guy he was from Lexington and the guy laughed and said, "You don't sound like you're from Lexington." My buddy replied, "I'm originally from Pikeville."

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don