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Misfits
2009 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 5 seasons
Created by Howard Overman
Science FictionFantasyDramaComedy
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
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Underrated comment, right here.
I think the dream for most US actors is to get signed to a popular long-running TV show. Guaranteed work and income, with options to negotiate higher pay every few years, what's not to love? Unless you're that even-more-rare talent who can jump to movies and make more on one film than a few years of TV. But many have tried to make that leap and ended up poorer for it.
I wonder sometimes whether Robert Sheehan thinks he made a good choice leaving Misfits. He seemed very certain at the time that he would be a movie superstar, but most of what I've seen him in since is other TV shows, like the recent Umbrella Academy.
But hey, Sheehan leaving opened a spot for Joseph Gilgun, who seems to be doing pretty okay too.
Regarding the problems to pronounce words easily: These two poems resonate strongly with me and seem to be related to what the author describes:
1: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2007/08/30/ough/
2: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/09/19/o-u-g-h/
Yes, english between non-english speakers works quite well. Listening to UK english (especially accents. The TV series Misfits was funny not only because of the weird story..) is hard, following people from the US is easier but still full of traps.
I'm confident that I have a huge number of 'english' words in my vocabulary that I never pronounced right (only read them, trying to pronounce them by guessing. See the poems..) in my whole life.
I can't speak for Canadian TV but primetime British dramas are generally technically excellent - for instance, this year's Oscar winner for Best Director, Tom Hooper, has directed episodes of Cold Feet, EastEnders and Byker Grove.
Practically nothing that doesn't feature US accents and locations is picked up by the networks - sometimes period co-productions sneak in, as long as there's pretty frocks and no swearing.
You're missing Misfits, for instance, which is the best show on TV...