Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Video of the Day: “Weasel dust” is slang for god-awful Spanish accent

In television and films non-Latino thespians have tried to portray characters with Spanish accents only to fail miserably:

However, none meet up to the failure that was Frank Zappa’s portrayal of a drug trafficker in “Miami Vice.” Despite Zappa’s best efforts, the legendary eclectic musician’s stab at Spanish ends up falling flat (video link):

(Hat tip: Fark.com).

Sources- YouTube, Fark.com

3 comments:

Hodad said...

Viva Zappa[ta]
Frank Rules!
'Frank on Fridays'
WNCW Spindale
a service of Isothermal CC

Anonymous said...

I don't think he was trying to impersonate a Spanish accent at all. He spoke like he always did till he passed away.RIP.

Anonymous said...

Robert Davi was great his accent was underplayed and more than believable.A lot more believable than Andy Gracia was in playing Italian .