My brother loves Ray Donovan. He
keeps telling me to watch it. I had watched a few episodes. Thought it was pretty good. But there was an obnoxious character, recurring every episode whenever I got into it. Ray’s wife, Abby, is played by a very good actress. Saw her in a great series, Deadwood. She was great in that , and is great in Ray Donovan too. But almost every time she appears she’s accompanied by an obnoxious character, THE BOSTON ACCENT. For some reason, west coast directors think that they have to cast THE BOSTON ACCENT in every show or movie about Boston. And lately there have been a run on Boston shows and movies. Boston’s hot, Southies hot, Whitey Bulger’s hot. Intriguing story lines. But these directors have no clue about what Bostonians sound like. We do not sound like JFK giving a speech. I keep expecting Abby Donovan to break into “my fellow Americans” .Wah wah.
Saying that, I did go back to watch Ray Donovan. It was too good to not watch because of one obnoxious, unrealistic character, THE BOSTON ACCENT.