Although the flagrant inaccuracies of most impersonators make Ms. Smith cringe, she and her colleagues at the Mark Twain Project, at the University of California, Berkeley, concede that these men in their fake mustaches and feigned accents play an important role in keeping the real man alive in the public's imagination.
What results is a weird hybrid persona that's equal parts feigned accents, verbal threats, and direct communication.
In these scenes, the hijab or headscarf is used as an insignia for "Middle Eastern girl," a way to tell the viewer (along with the bashful glances and often feigned Middle Eastern accents) that this girl is a sexually repressed "Arab" ready and willing to bow down to her Western master.
He even feigned an American accent so as not to arouse suspicion.
This is the most commonly held view, which casts Ali G as an exaggerated version of Tim Westwood, the popular, white Radio1 DJ who has feigned a black street accent for his hip hop slot.
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He was uncomfortable feigning a foreign accent, and resented having his hair curled, but the role was a hit with audiences and Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
But Emerson, with a cobbled-together mythology, in melodious accents that sincerely feigned the old Christian reassurances, sought to instill confidence and courage in his democratic audience, and it is for this, rather than for his mellowed powers of observation and wit, that he is honored, if honored more than read.
Right before I came to America for university, my younger brother, a stick of a teenager with a playful grin on his face, looked me in the eye and told me with feigned conviction, "Priscilla, make sure you come back with an American accent".
Mr. Melendez feigned shock.
Anthony feigned confusion.
