Is any one else bugged with the quality of swimming shown in commercials. It is very rare to see any one who is at all smooth in the water. It especially bugs me in health club ads as they are showing what people are striving for & the swimmers are flailers.(There is a lite beer ad where a man & a women are racing & they are clearly swimmers) Surely there must be some actors who really swim.
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It's not just swimming. Most movies and commercials with golfers feature actors who swing like hackers. That includes Kevin Costner in "Tin Cup". I also notice that chess positions that occur in TV or movies are generally not plausible positions. A certain episode of "Columbo" comes to mind, in which a supposed chess master falls victim to a two-move checkmate that any beginner knows how to avoid. Actors playing the roles of violinists and pianists generally cannot fool me either. Then there are the actors who weave in and out of their characters' accents. Think of Kevin Costner again, trying to maintain a British accent in Robin Hood -- or any number of actors puffing out over-inflected Southern accents.
Bottom line seems to be that actors generally can't fool the experts (or devoted enthusiasts, or native speakers, or the semi-conscious, etc.) when it comes to special skills. Come to think of it, a lot of them can't act, either.
It's not just swimming. Most movies and commercials with golfers feature actors who swing like hackers. That includes Kevin Costner in "Tin Cup". I also notice that chess positions that occur in TV or movies are generally not plausible positions. A certain episode of "Columbo" comes to mind, in which a supposed chess master falls victim to a two-move checkmate that any beginner knows how to avoid. Actors playing the roles of violinists and pianists generally cannot fool me either. Then there are the actors who weave in and out of their characters' accents. Think of Kevin Costner again, trying to maintain a British accent in Robin Hood -- or any number of actors puffing out over-inflected Southern accents.
Bottom line seems to be that actors generally can't fool the experts (or devoted enthusiasts, or native speakers, or the semi-conscious, etc.) when it comes to special skills. Come to think of it, a lot of them can't act, either.
