Her accent adds a lovely extra layer of otherness to her character's French-sounding locutions.
But something is at work here, beyond the joke about a British accent adding 10 I.Q.
He embellishes several songs with a sweary American accent, adding mild embarrassment to songs that were trundling along effectively.
Ms. Naim's tough but delicate vocals — her unconcealed French accent adds extra lilt and charm — recall Feist.
"Doan weesist me" seems to mean "Don't resist me". Miss Adjani's French accent and Mr. Neill's Australian accent add to the confusion.
"I have to say that John Edwards is very beautiful," she said in her soft accent, adding, "and my husband is very smart".
The former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read has apologised for "unintentionally causing offence" with his "Ukip Calypso", sung with a mock Caribbean accent, adding that he had asked his record company to withdraw the song from sale.
Shift an accent, add a silence, give a part a different attack or move it into a new register, and a new rhythm is born; by comparison, melody and especially harmony seem to be known quantities.
"You will play the music without fooling around first, and then you can break the rules," my piano teacher said to me in her thick German accent, adding encouragement with a ruler directed at my offending fingers.
The soprano Marisol Montalvo, a stunning Lulu in Berg's version, must find her role here a walk in the park, though the angular, high-lying lines in Act 3 can't be easy; her American accent adds an endearing touch.
