# The Closer (TV) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170 "2005-06-14T01:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/1 "2005-06-14T01:50:02Z")
Dammit. I wanted to like Kyra Sedgewicks’s new show [THE CLOSER](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458253/) . Why does Hollywood have to treat southerners like illiterates. When Kyra says “They was…” it lost all credibility. And the rest was quite good, but all I really remember was a bad accent and worse grammer. Anybody with me? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/2 "2005-06-14T05:17:56Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > . And the rest was quite good, but all I really remember was a bad accent and worse grammer. Anybody with me? I thought it was good, but that accent…OY :smack: Wouldn’t you like them to do a cosmic do-over and lose the accent and start all over again? I would. I probably won’t be watching it again because of the accent. Very abrasive ☹ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/3 "2005-06-14T05:27:09Z")
I think the point of the accent was that “sophisticated” folks in LA would think she was a hick, giving them even more reason to dislike her. I thought the show was pertty good, except that it was obvious about half-way thru that the Math Genius Gug and the “Lesbo” Activist Chick were one and the same. All in all, it wasn’t a bad show, but it’s no “The Shield” or even “CSI”, although they may need more time to develop the characters as those others shows have done. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/4 "2005-06-14T14:19:16Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I thought it was good, but that accent…OY :smack: > > Wouldn’t you like them to do a cosmic do-over and lose the accent and start all over again? I would. I probably won’t be watching it again because of the accent. Very abrasive ☹ Yeah, a do-over would be great. I really liked the premise enough to wait and catch Six Feet Under later this week. I could have been a big fan, but that accent :: Cringe :: > [@John Mace](#): > > I think the point of the accent was that “sophisticated” folks in LA would think she was a hick, giving them even more reason to dislike her. Great, another southerner as hick stereotype. I am sure you are right. I am even more tired of that that the bad accents. Will not be tuning in next week… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/5 "2005-06-15T03:35:11Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > Great, another southerner as hick stereotype. I am sure you are right. I am even more tired of that that the bad accents. Um… wasn’t the point that it was showing the sophisticated types that the person they thought was a hick is running circles around all of them? Ie, turning the stereotype on its head? ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closer-tv/308170/6 "2005-06-16T09:00:36Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Wouldn’t you like them to do a cosmic do-over and lose the accent and start all over again? I would. I probably won’t be watching it again because of the accent. Very abrasive ☹ I never believed for a minute that this character was actually from Atlanta. The accent sounded like that of someone who had never been to the south, but was auditioning for a high school production of _Steel Magnolias_.