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A character has a stutter or a stammer, and it affects how he communicates with others... badly. But then, usually at some key dramatic moment, his stammer disappears and he is able to speak with surprisingly smooth and eloquent diction. |
A character has a stutter or a stammer, and it affects how he communicates with others... badly. But then, usually at some key dramatic moment, his stammer disappears and he is able to speak with surprisingly smooth and eloquent diction. |
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This is often [[Truth in Television]], as many stutterers don't stutter ''at all'' if they're acting, singing, or talking about something they know well. |
This is often [[Truth in Television]], as many stutterers don't stutter ''at all'' if they're acting, singing, or talking about something they know well. |
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See also [[Stuttering Into Eloquence]], [[Porky Pig Pronunciation]] and [[Delusions of Eloquence]]. Can overlap with [[OOC Is Serious Business]] if other characters consider their unhindered speech unusual. |
See also [[Stuttering Into Eloquence]], [[Porky Pig Pronunciation]] and [[Delusions of Eloquence]]. Can overlap with [[OOC Is Serious Business]] if other characters consider their unhindered speech unusual. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', Abel never stutters when he is telling someone a story. |
* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', Abel never stutters when he is telling someone a story. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', where Wabash can barely speak because of his stammer, and is only included in the play because Phillip Henslowe (the "producer") owes him money. But, after a brief false start, he delivers ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'s'' prologue with perfect eloquence. |
* ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', where Wabash can barely speak because of his stammer, and is only included in the play because Phillip Henslowe (the "producer") owes him money. But, after a brief false start, he delivers ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'s'' prologue with perfect eloquence. |
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* Subverted in ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'': the [[Big Bad]] tells his stuttering prisoner that he will let him go if he can speak without a stutter. The man tries, fails, so gets tortured and executed. |
* Subverted in ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'': the [[Big Bad]] tells his stuttering prisoner that he will let him go if he can speak without a stutter. The man tries, fails, so gets tortured and executed. |
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* Michael Palin's character K-k-k-Ken in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' has a terrible stutter throughout the movie. It vanishes when he gets his revenge on Otto, his major adversary, at the end of the movie. [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|Final credits reveal]] he now works as an MC at Sea World. |
* Michael Palin's character K-k-k-Ken in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' has a terrible stutter throughout the movie. It vanishes when he gets his revenge on Otto, his major adversary, at the end of the movie. [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|Final credits reveal]] he now works as an MC at Sea World. |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had a few scenes like this. It was usually evidence that he was really certain about what he was saying, but just couldn't get the words out. It wasn't nervousness that caused his stammer, it was his utter comprehension of the danger of the situation they were in. |
* Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had a few scenes like this. It was usually evidence that he was really certain about what he was saying, but just couldn't get the words out. It wasn't nervousness that caused his stammer, it was his utter comprehension of the danger of the situation they were in. |
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** Although on some occasions it was evidence he'd been hit by the [[Negative Space Wedgie]] and was [[Not Himself]]. |
** Although on some occasions it was evidence he'd been hit by the [[Negative Space Wedgie]] and was [[Not Himself]]. |
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* Happens at least once to the title character in the TV version of ''[[I, Claudius]]''. |
* Happens at least once to the title character in the TV version of ''[[I, Claudius]]''. |
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** The title character of ''[[I, Claudius]]'' eventually trains himself so that he largely loses his stutter. What makes it fit this well is that he had achieved this well before most people thought he had... and so right up until becoming Roman Emperor, he's still seen as poor, stupid, stuttering C-C-C-Claudius. Soon after, he drops the [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], much to his enemies' dismay. |
** The title character of ''[[I, Claudius]]'' eventually trains himself so that he largely loses his stutter. What makes it fit this well is that he had achieved this well before most people thought he had... and so right up until becoming Roman Emperor, he's still seen as poor, stupid, stuttering C-C-C-Claudius. Soon after, he drops the [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], much to his enemies' dismay. |
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* A character on ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'' had a terrible stuttering problem, made worse by the fact that he was on the Debate Team. So how did he find his voice? Joan discovers that he has an exceptional talent for finding/gathering evidence and arranging excellent presentations. |
* A character on ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'' had a terrible stuttering problem, made worse by the fact that he was on the Debate Team. So how did he find his voice? Joan discovers that he has an exceptional talent for finding/gathering evidence and arranging excellent presentations. |
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== [[Music]] == |
== [[Music]] == |
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* Country music singer Mel Tillis has a terrible stutter. Until he sings, that is. This is even the premise for a joke, where someone says that after Mel was having trouble informing someone that they were in danger, someone else told him to just sing it. |
* Country music singer Mel Tillis has a terrible stutter. Until he sings, that is. This is even the premise for a joke, where someone says that after Mel was having trouble informing someone that they were in danger, someone else told him to just sing it. |
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** Tillis was one of the innumerable celebrities to star in ''[[Cannonball Run]]''. He actually has to sing some of his lines just to get them out. |
** Tillis was one of the innumerable celebrities to star in ''[[Cannonball Run]]''. He actually has to sing some of his lines just to get them out. |
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* World famous [[Scatting|scat singer]] [[Scatman John]] states in his song "Scatman" that the reason why he sounds so good singing and has trouble stuttering off stage is because he's actually stuttering in his songs. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geiq0FP13uQ&feature=related Take a listen]. |
* World famous [[Scatting|scat singer]] [[Scatman John]] states in his song "Scatman" that the reason why he sounds so good singing and has trouble stuttering off stage is because he's actually stuttering in his songs. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geiq0FP13uQ&feature=related Take a listen]. |
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{{quote|''Everybody's sayin' that the Scatman stutters'' |
{{quote|''Everybody's sayin' that the Scatman stutters'' |
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''But doesn't ever stutter when he sings.'' |
''But doesn't ever stutter when he sings.'' |
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== [[Theater]] == |
== [[Theater]] == |
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* In the French farce ''A Flea in Her Ear'', one of the characters has something wrong with his palette that makes him stutter. At one point in the play, he gets a prosthesis, and so the stops stuttering at that point. It gets knocked out afterward though and he goes back to stuttering. |
* In the French farce ''A Flea in Her Ear'', one of the characters has something wrong with his palette that makes him stutter. At one point in the play, he gets a prosthesis, and so the stops stuttering at that point. It gets knocked out afterward though and he goes back to stuttering. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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