still wondering

about the Eddie Izzard remark about negative cultural characteristication of the English in American movies.

There's an English guy on Regis and Kelley who, I guess, has an American tv show. I didn't mention Hugh Laurie before since we were talking about movies and he's got the lead in a tv show here now, although his character couldn't exactly be described as heroic.

Ed Westwick? Just turned 21. Haven't seen him before, oh, in Gossip Girl, haven't seen it. He's got a lead in it although I don't know if he's a good or bad guy. I'm largely uninformed on these as most matters, but I still can't think of any anti-British talk going on. And the English are hired here. Also don't know if he uses an American accent which kinda eliminates him as a negative example like Laurie plays an American.
(he plays an American, also not a British characterization good or bad)
Craig Ferguson the other night said he kinda does a Southern accent more easily than other American accents. I guess the south was settled largely by the Scotts and there may be a language connection to British accents in general in the south.

An English teacher said once that Elizabethan English used to sound like a heavy southern accent, like Alabama. The south was isolated for a long time so their accents didn't change much. I simply can't imagine Shakespear sounding like Alabama. I'm too used to the Olivier sounding English. It's such an intreguing thought, though. I'd love to see a production by southerners. It's like a jolt to my reality. My picture of Elizabethan times doesn't have to true, it's just true to me.