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Title: U.S. audiences don't like English accents?
Description: Bey Logan to be re-recorded?


Brian Camp - June 6, 2008 09:21 PM (GMT)
As a big fan of Bey Logan's audio commentaries, I was very disturbed when I found this paragraph in an interview with Logan:

"Bey Logan - Now this is a topical question. I would very much like to see the HKL DVDs on which I have done commentaries released in the US. However, my former Media Asia colleague, Peter Poon, informs me that the American audience don't like English accents, so my commentaries would have to be re-recorded, with the same information, by an American, maybe someone like Ric Meyers."


Is that some kind of a joke? I'm sure hoping Mr. Logan is pulling our leg there. :unsure:


Here's the link to the full interview, which is chiefly about Bruce Lee. The above quote is about six paragraphs down:

http://www.bruceleedivinewind.com/beylogan.html

Eric Cotenas - June 7, 2008 05:10 PM (GMT)
I guess Peter Cowie's next.

Kim Greene - June 10, 2008 01:46 AM (GMT)
Yeah,sure--if that's the case, then why was he allowed to do a commentary for SHA PO LANG (aka KILLZONE) which was a really exciting throwback to old-school style HK action I liked, with his natural English accent intact? Maybe he is trying to pull a leg or two :) .




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