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Fake Germans on TV

I just saw an old episode of Frasier, and it got me upset :-)

Why can’t they find real German actors to play German? There must be a ton of real Germans in the movie/TV industry to cover small parts. This is the “Bavarian fencing instructor” of Maris:

Weirdly, I can’t really identify the accent, but more Eastern Europe I think.

November 16, 2008 | Filed Under Personal 

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  1. Werner Patels, M.A., C.Tran. on November 16th, 2008

    And then they speak “German” that is so clearly not native German (just happened the other week on “Fringe”: the one who was supposed to be German spoke with a thick American accent, while the American, played by an Australian, sounded more like a native German than the “German” character).

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