Lady Gaga and Patrizia Gucci Accent Comparison (Part 1)

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[thistleskeptic]

I love it how her little espresso spoon is being hit like it's a gavel in a courtroom.

[ovskii]

"I do not consider myself an ethical person, but I am fair."
I love that line, it says so much about this character. Without ethics, fairness is just what you personally consider fair.

[somerandomname]

I like how Patrizia was literally just a real life super villain.
She never once hid how greedy she was, everytime she faced questioning she always just went "Money money money money."

[Ettoruccio]

As an Italian myself, I think that Patrizia Reggiani sounds like an Italian woman trying to speak English, while Gaga (🤍) sounds like an Italian-American.
Gaga's th sounds are correct, she puts her tongue between her teeth, while Patrizia just says t, which is perfectly normal for an Italian, since we don't have the ð and the θ sound.
Patrizia's Rs are trilled (or rolled), while Gaga (🤍) doesn't pronounce them at all (which is very common in English, except for Scottish, Welsh and a few other dialects).
In conclusion... imho her accent is more Italian American than Italian, but I'd say that this is all just pedantic.
The accent alone doesn't make either a good or bad performance. I'm still super excited to watch the movie!

[isimoska]

"Is better to cry in a rolls roys than to be happy on a bycicle" - speaks for how unhappy she actually was.

[chefduke]

"It's better to cry in a Rolls Royce than to be happy on a bicycle", that is the most materialistic thing I've ever heard in my life and I feel deeply sorry for people like that, it's impossible for them to find true happiness in anything.

[SpiralMystic]

It’s the, ‘that’s for sure’ with the eyes opening wide that really gets me. She truly subscribes to that idea - ‘rich and sad is better than poor but happy’. She can’t even see the irony in that.

[jeevankumarshiva]

Honestly it's better to be happy in a bicycle lol.

[jacopomabanfibio]

AS an italian i can Say that it was pretty accurate but, if we want to be very precise... How can the espresso little Spoon be so clean? Espresso IS Creamy and It sticks to the little Spoon, usually. Was There american coffee in The espresso little CUP? Hollywood mystery.

[an]

That first quote shows such a strong addiction to consumerism and material things... it's so sad that she doesn't even see it. That's like the opposite of what we should think.

[loyh]

imagine being filthy rich and not having a meaningful and happy life. the quote is quite sad actually.

[theseageek]

“It’s better to cry in a Rolls Royce than being happy on a bicycle”

That has to be the most materialistic statement I’ve ever heard.

[marilynable]

Gaga continues to surprise me to this day. I remember when we all thought she was all spectacle who had a lot of talent but everyone rolled their eyes...But over time you see her do stuff like that "sound of music" medley at the Oscars, or sing the national anthem amazingly, shock everyone with a stripped down "grade A" performance in "a star is born" and on top of everything she is classy, and is true to herself. The woman definitely won me over.

[gagadaily]

In a new interview with British Vogue (December 2021 issue), Lady Gaga explained how she worked on Patrizia's accent. Here's an excerpt from the cover story:

When Gucci’s producers settled on a somewhat retro-seeming plan to have the cast deliver their dialogue in English with thick Italian accents, Gaga knew nailing Reggiani’s voice would be key. She worked tirelessly at it. “I started with a specific dialect from Vignola, then I started to work in the higher class way of speaking that would have been more appropriate in places like Milan and Florence, ” she explains. “In the movie, you’ll hear that my accent is a little different depending on who I’m speaking to.”

The trailer has raised a few eyebrows in Italy, the worry being this may be another bunch of American actors talking a-like-a-this. Gaga, one of her nation’s best-known Italian-American citizens, is sensitive to the subject. “It was the experience of a lifetime making this film because every minute of every day I thought of my ancestors in Italy, and what they had to do so that I could have a better life. I just wanted to make them proud, which is why I made the decision to make the performance about a real woman and not about the idea of a bad woman.”

[RyanMrques]

I'm not Italian and I'm not an expert on accents, but I think we have to support someone who has clearly made the effort and studied her role, I found the way she speaks consistent, reminded me of Donatella Versace sometimes, especially seeing the second trailer, anxious to see the final result.

[april-tui]

I know we all love Gaga but that doesn’t sound Italian, it sounds Italian American. It won’t matter though, close enough. Would of been cool to have made a movie like this with an Italian in the role IMO.

[jodythomas]

Dialect coach for House of Gucci is right, her accent is far more Eastern European than it is Italian, however she literally commands the screen just in this trailer alone, I have no doubt her performance will be amazing and hopefully she gets an Oscar nomination. I’d be fine with her winning it all, if not for Jessica Chastain’s brilliant portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

I have yet to see House of Gucci but can’t wait and I feel it will be an overall superior film to TEOTF, however Chastain’s performance is easily a top 5 acting performance by an actress of the past 10 years, if not the entire 21st century up to this point. One of the few acting jobs I feel is truly warranted with being called towering and powerful. Should be a great awards season with last year being gutted so badly with delays.

[sudeshnanath]

For me.."it's better to be happy in a bicycle than to cry in a rolls royce"

[eleonoratedesco]

I love Lady Gaga so much, but I have to admit that actually nailing an Italian accent is super hard, and as an Italian person I have to admit that I am not particularly enthusiastic about her accent. I believe the "r" sounds should have been rougher because those are the sounds we Italians struggle the most with while trying to speak English. Patrizia Reggiani pronounce the word "cry" with a certain emphasis on the "r", her R's are rolled, while Lady Gaga both in the word "particularly", "person", "consider" and "fair" doesn't budge on that particularly typical Italian error, and sounds very natural, and to me that dispel the illusion a tiny bit too much.

[Aurora-qndx]

What a quote full of emptiness...She never realised that happiness is priceless and too much money is evil and cant buy peace or inner joy.