Mare of Easttown (HBO Max) TV Show

Winslet Delco Murder Mystery

Can ‘Mare of Easttown’ Help Bring the Philadelphia Accent Mainstream?

 

Hey the band plays a Mannequin Pussy song!

 

Found the first episode a bit boring.

 

Same. Giving it a shot bc of the cast and location, but it was super slow and HBO really stinks when it comes to sticking the landing with shows like this imo, so the slow burn doesn’t work. Pretty humorless and bleak, which is obviously on purpose, but also not entertaining. Winslet’s accent was less bad than I thought but she really lays it on thick at times

 

I feel like this show is trying really hard to be The Fall, The Killing, Marcella, etc but lacking what makes them watchable. Then again, its only one episode.

 

it's closer to american broadchurch

 

AV Club gave episode 1 an A. Am I missing something?

 

Slant was positive too, I assume they saw how it ties in later on in the season

 

yeah it seems like most screeners got the first three

pilots for miniseries are often not the best episode. to be expected.

 

This is fine so far

 

An old friend of mine plays Officer Masterson

 

Ill try to get through this... looks like The Killing, for sure.

 

They get an A just for getting the Philly/Delco accent mostly correct.

(i haven't actualyl watched the show, just got intrigued because I heard them using the accent and looked it up and saw it's supposed to take place in Delco and they made it a point to learn the accent and it's one of the hardest accents to learn lol)

 

in the first episode i thought the worst parts were kate forcing the accent tbh

 

They shoulda shot it in Pittsburgh. Cowards.

 

Episode 2 is good

 

Subbing, but gonna wait to see how the next couple eps are til I start.

 

Watched the pilot and I dig it so far. I don't mind a slow burn. The skepticism here is ... odd.

 

I haven't watched any episodes yet, only the trailer, but I don't hear the accent at all... Is it kinda similar to a Massachusetts / Boston accent, and that's why I'm just not hearing it...???

 

The Delco accent is DEFINITELY there. Though I think Winslet's "o's" are more Baltimore than rural PA.

 

Bradley Cooper (a philly area native) nails it here about 1:15 in. This is pretty much what it sounds like. Some of the rest of hte video is hilarious too.

Winslet has done pretty good with it, hitting the "o"'s and stuff. She drops a "wooder" too which is classic Delco region. I grew up saying "wooder" for the longest time. And "crick" instead of "Creek".

Edit; oops forgot the youtube link

 

The Delco accent is uglier than a Philadelphia accent. We don’t do that Wednesd-ee shit

 

wait is this not supposed to be suburban philly?

 

Yeah Delco is about 20-30 mins away