As i watched this episode, things kept annoying me to the point where i feel i need to complain. I am a MASSIVE fan of the show and have watched/ bought every series since the beginning.
The inaccuracy of this episode, and the lack of bother to research and be respectful of another country has annoyed me though.
This episode opens with a scene of Malta, then shows a bunch of nuns, which are most certainly not Maltese, as they havent got the right colourings, or nuns outfit. Then they come across a priest, who, from his looks and accent , also is most clearly not Maltese. I'm annoyed, but i think, hey, its ok, he is playing a foreign priest living in Malta. Then they open his wallet to show his name is 'Camilleri', which is a VERY common, and specifically Maltese surname. This annoys me, but again, i think, ok , so he has a Maltese father, a foreign mother, was born abroad, then returns to Malta when he is much older, and he already has foreign accent. Then Sam goes on to find info on the net that says the priest was born in Malta and lived there all his life, to Maltese parents, etc.
I am half Maltese, and lived there half my life. This guy has a very clearly NOT Maltese accent. It makes a mockery out of our language, accents, and is ridiculous. I dont even know where this guy is from, but its soooooooo insulting that you not only couldn't find a Maltese person to play the part, but didn't even try to sort his back story, to explain that he was a foreigner living in Malta. You made him out to be Maltese. How would you like it, if they shot a program in Malta, and couldn't find a suitable American to play a part, so they got a Canadian to play it, or even an Australian, and tried to pass them off as American?>
He speaks an accent that is like a cross between italian and french, and even says 'mon dieu' at one point which is clearly french.
I'm also half English, and it's bad enough that all you american programs/films portray british ppl with ridiculous accents. Apparently you think all Brits speak the 'queens English, with pokers up our backsides. No one SPEAKS like that. The queen literally has her own accent! Ketch speaks in an accent that is simply ridiculous. There is no way he speaks like that in real life. Even if he DOES have a posh accent, i guarantee he puts it on tenfold on the program.No person alive speaks like that. i have lived all over the uk, and have never come across anyone who actually speaks the way american programs portray us. We have different accents allover the uk, but no one speaks like that. We are not a bunch of posh stiffs in suits drinking tea and saying 'jolly good chap' Try going to Manchester, Liverpool, London and maybe you would educate yourselves on how genuine Brits are, and portray them correctly in films/programs.
