[DeFault User]

This Joaquin speaks perfect English without an accent.

I knew a fellow of Italian extraction who grew up in a Hispanic neighborhood in San Antonio. He could speak English without an accent. When Hispanics who didn't know him insulted him in Spanish he could turn on the chicano accent perfectly and outswear them. It was quite amusing. I've always been afraid to use some of the insults he taught me as I bleed easily. ;o)

Eli Wallach is a great example as well. He grew up in an ethnically mixed neighborhood. What a great job he does as a Mexican bandit in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

[sparklite2]

Eli Wallach is a great example as well. He grew up in an ethnically mixed neighborhood. What a great job he does as a Mexican bandit in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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An example of how bad it can get is Robert (Black Sheep Squadron) Conrad’s portrayal of a French trapper in a docudrama about early North America. His French accent was so horrible, strained and contrived, he must have done it only for the money.

[monkeyshine]

Eli Wallach was also the bandit in The Magnificent Seven.

[Rummyfan]

Eli Wallach is a great example as well. He grew up in an ethnically mixed neighborhood. What a great job he does as a Mexican bandit in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Yeah, a Jew from Brooklyn. He was great as Calvera in The Magnificent Seven too.