Hephaestion 2.0

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inlieu

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Posted: 7 years ago

Been observing Hephaestion 2.0 and I must say the actor is not too bad. Don't know his name though.

Of course, we love Akash and got so used to him that comparisons are expected but the new actor has good diction at least and uses his epiglottis well. 😉 He looks more like a general and less like Alexander's best friend though, but that is understandable.

I wonder if he will end up marrying Drypteis soon, since Barsine is now married to Alexander.

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Posted: 7 years ago

It seems to me that for you nothing matters but the epiglottis! I hope your readers understand what it is, and share your single minded passion for absolutely perfect Urdu diction.

There is more to acting than using the epiglottis correctly. It is in the eyes, the use of the facial muscles, and the body language. Which is where Rohit excels. And then, how many Indian, or Sinhala or Indonesian or Thai viewers would recognize and appreciate perfect Urdu diction? In the Arab world, yes. Not much elsewhere.

I would like to introduce you to Tamizh (Tamil), the oldest language in the Indian subcontinent, which has sounds you would never have heard!

You know, my dear, I think that in your last birth, you were surely an ENT specialist. 😉

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: inlieu
Been observing Hephaestion 2.0 and I must say the actor is not too bad. Don't know his name though.
Of course, we love Akash and got so used to him that comparisons are expected but the new actor has good diction at least and uses his epiglottis well. 😉 He looks more like a general and less like Alexander's best friend though, but that is understandable.

I wonder if he will end up marrying Drypteis soon, since Barsine is now married to Alexander.

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inlieu

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Posted: 7 years ago

I guess I just have sensitive hearing! 😆

Rohit's Urdu diction is usually good but he doesn't use his epiglottis as well as he used to earlier in the show. I think the fact that he alternates rather than being consistent bothers me a bit, but all the other things he brings to his performance overshadows this by far. Viewers in other countries may not recognize it but I expected him to do it for his own adherence to authenticity and because he did that consistently well as Mirza.

The other actors playing Macedonians tend not to unless that is the way they normally speak (e.g. the guy playing Cleitus 2.0). Sameksha on the other hand never uses her epiglottis in this show, (I would think being Punjab it would be normal for her), but I guess that was a deliberate choice as was the rolling of r's.

I don't know any Tamil but would love to learn it if I have the chance one day. My friends and family tell me that I learn languages like toddlers do by parroting everything I hear around me, so that's how I would probably have to start. 😉

Originally posted by: sashashyam
It seems to me that for you nothing matters but the epiglottis! I hope your readers understand what it is, and share your single minded passion for absolutely perfect Urdu diction.

There is more to acting than using the epiglottis correctly. It is in the eyes, the use of the facial muscles, and the body language. Which is where Rohit excels. And then, how many Indian, or Sinhala or Indonesian or Thai viewers would recognize and appreciate perfect Urdu diction? In the Arab world, yes. Not much elsewhere.

I would like to introduce you to Tamizh (Tamil), the oldest language in the Indian subcontinent, which has sounds you would never have heard!

You know, my dear, I think that in your last birth, you were surely an ENT specialist. 😉

Shyamala Aunty

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