{"id":6852,"date":"2020-05-28T17:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T22:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=6852"},"modified":"2020-07-20T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:16:48","slug":"david-brent-vampire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/david-brent-vampire\/","title":{"rendered":"David Brent, vampire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, so, we watched part of &#8220;Get Him To The Greek&#8221; (2010) last night. And we both noticed that Russell Brand is using the same accent as Ricky Gervais used for &#8220;the Office&#8221;. And I got to wondering if that was a deliberate choice? Like, does that accent belong to a particular region of the UK, yeah? Maybe it represents a certain socio-political group, or a stereotyped mindset? Maybe a bit stupid? 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