Coupling - UK vs. US 1

This clip is from both of the UK and US series Coupling. This is the memorable scene where Jeff meets the Israeli Girl. I like the one from the US series, she's hotter.

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[mmgringoire2]

on behalf of America i apologize for the US version of Coupling. No one can replace Richard Coyle as Jeff. Not sure why they made a US version since half the stuff that made Cupling great America can't pull off.

[fruitcakeasylum]

US version wasnt too bad but the UK version is still better. American actors uses expressions and actions to draw the crowd's laughters, whereas British actors uses the play of words. Coupling's scripts were originally from Britain, therefore the American actors will never be able to get it right. They tried too hard with silly actions. If you notice, the British actors used their actions to the minimum, the emphasis was on their speech. And that's what its all about with British comedies.

[fruitcakeasylum]

@WilfriedAnonymo That was what i mean! Their acting is very subtle and not about big gestures at all.

[WilfriedAnonymo]

@fruitcakeasylum the acting in the british version is actually more subtle (unless you're using Jack's monologues as a counter example). Acting nervous, insecure, or inept is actually a play on the details. It's not about big gestures. Saying that it's all script is, I think, is not giving the actors enough credit. Of course the script and wonderful directing job is all adding up to it.

[Le1u]

There was a US Coupling?

[MadRayX]

uk+1 :)



[truediva18]

@alcockell The 2nd Cosby show that ran 4 years--just called Cosby--was based from a British show called One Foot in the Grave.

[truediva18]

There are a few successes:Being Human, Gladiators(American Gladiators), Queer as Folk, Strictly Come Dancing(Dancing with the Stars), Top Gear, Undercover Boss, What Not to Wear. There are talks to remake The Vicar of Dibley with Kirstie Alley. Calling it The Minister of Divine.

[youliedanyway]

@thegrimner No, I agree that most American versions aren't nearly as funny. I'm just explaining why we do it. It's actually remarkable how many words and colloquialisms are different from America to Britain (I'm a dialect coach). As the commenter above was asking why Americans remake a show that is in the same language, I am simply suggesting that these shows are, in a sense, in a different language, because the terms and colloquial phrases vary so greatly from each country.

[thegrimner]

@youliedanyway Still, if these two versions show anything is that there is more things lost in the translation than those little expressions. It's the humour itself that is lost in the delivery. The only concession I'd say actually worked was The Office, and even then, they rewrote a lot from the ground up (they eased on a lot of the "cruelty" of the original) and it was funny for the first season or so.

[youliedanyway]

@AlexRich20 as an American who prefers British versions, I think I can explain this one.there is a bit of a culture barrier that some American's can't get through. On Coupling, for instance, there is a lot of emphasis on "stockings," which is not the term we use in America. The same goes for Tory's, instead of Republicans, and hardly any American's know who Mariella Frostrupp is. By making an American version, it's more accessible to the American's that don't know as much about British Culture.

[alcockell]

@ikill4klondikebars All in the Family = Till Death Us Do Part (BBC original). Sanford and Son = Steptoe and Son (BBC original)...

I'll grant you Cheers, Home Improvement, MASH (before Alda was exec director). Then again,I'm sure there was a Brit original format that was remade into Cosby Show... maybe another Galton&Simpson one?