Re: Bewitched Season 7
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Originally Posted by Ron Lee Green
Hi MBrousseau, I'm just curious and I mean no disrespect, and you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but why is it important to you that the show is dubbed in French?
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You have a good point, Ron.
I do love Mrs Montgomery's voice and talent, just as much as all the other cast. But as a native French fan, I grew up with French version of that show, just like almost every TV shows in the sixties. We weren't very much exposed of english TV, except for people living in the big city like Montreal where bilingual lifestyle is a fact over there. But everywhere else in the Province of Quebec, English is not mastered by everyone.
In my teen years, I've started to listen to reruns of the show, thanks to cable TV, coming from american TV stations. Without cable TV, no one was able to catch US TV channels off the air in my hometown. At this very moment, I started appreciate the natural comic beat from the show, the subtile references... something we often lose in a different language.
As an adult now, I understand that there is nothing like the real thing.

But as a member of my family, I'm the only one comfortable with the english language. I would feel very much selfish to buy a TV show knowing I would be the only one to enjoy it. My family always watched the show in it's French version, like many many others. Bewitched is a must! Having French dub is a plus, for us. For myself, I will always prefer the english track, don't worry.

The wife and kids will always stick the French. That's the way it is.
And believe it or not, but we do remember famous French quotes for Bewitched, just as much as a fan from the original english version.
I'm sure that every where in the world, some Bewitched fans are not always fortunate enough to appreciate the real talents of the cast in the original version. This is why dubbing is necessary versus the cold subtitles. Foreign actors are working hard to capture the climax from a comedic talent when they need to dub voices. I admire that talent too.