What drama school gets you, or: watch how Richard Armitage enunciates

Here’s he’s proclaiming “Iracebeth! Enough!”

“I —

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–ra–

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–sa– (‘ce’)

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–be–

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–th!–

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“E —

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–n–

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–ou–

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–gh!” (I love what his lips do with this consonant, the labiodental fricative).

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~ by Servetus on May 31, 2016.

26 Responses to “What drama school gets you, or: watch how Richard Armitage enunciates”

  1. I can almost hear it.

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  2. Okay! Now I really have to go see this movie. Can’t miss hearing this!

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  3. He was in the movie so briefly, but both times so freaking good omg…

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  4. Just thinking this might be the last chance to hear Armitage speaking British… maybe I will reconsider my resistance to the film 😉

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  5. Just think when it comes out on video you can play this moment over and over.

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  6. Ah thanks for analysing this frame by frame! One loud breath and I missed it

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  7. I liked the film, it was much better than I expected. Lots of the roles were small so it made RA’s role more acceptable. He looked so much like John Procter.

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  8. Anyone who every questions RA’s appeal should consider that all these people are going to see this movie just because of a few minutes cameo. I don’t know too many actors that have that kind of draw!

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    • I think we’re a drop in the bucket, though. The film did half the business it was supposed to do this last weekend.

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  9. I can hear him so clearly. It reminds me of how slowly he enunciated the words to Bilbo “I will not part with a single coin. Not one piece of it.” And the dwarves marched by armed for battle.

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  10. love this and his enunciation is one of his sexiest attributes , well, to me at least, i’m addicted to listening and watching him speak 🙂

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