Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is from KC and people from Kansas speak in a Midwest accent. I don’t get it. I grew up in STL and lived in KC for 3 years. We don’t have southern accents. I’m I missing something?

  • itsonlyfear@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    In listening to interviews with him, it seems to be an exaggerated version of his own personal accent.

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      1 year ago

      He’s actually grew up in Virginia until he was a teenager, then moved to KC I just found out. To me that makes a lot more sense.

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        1 year ago

        Not really, though, because it was Northern Virginia - which does not have a southern accent at all. He lived right outside of DC.

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        1 year ago

        I believe he was born in Virginia and moved to Kansas early on, I remember someone in the sub talking about the show being “too American” and someone listed all the creators birth cities. I was surprised then to find out that Jason wasn’t born in Kansas and that Jason is his middle name.