The best way to develop a Brooklyn accent?

Question: The best way to develop a Brooklyn accent!?

Is there any way OTHER then watching movies with people who speak with that accent!?

I want to try an perfect the Brooklyn accent for Halloween for my Harley Quinn costume and perhaps comic conventions in the future and I want to try different methods then watching movies!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Check out the Speech Accent Archive! A great resource for actors (I used it when I had to work my German accent)!. I know for a fact they have atleast 2 Brooklyn accents!. Browse through it!. It's awesome!Www@QuestionHome@Com

hang out with someone from there, and who has a strong accent!.
prefferably someone you look up too!.
i had my brother up from NC, and i got his accent down in a few days, and he slowly started to go back to his Vermont one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Seriously, listening to it a lot is the best way to go!. Try watching My Cousin Vinny, or listening to a dialect CD (you can rent them from your public library)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

chat with a person from brooklyn listen to how they pronounce there word and then use their slang and accent daily!.!.hell if u got 2 talk to yourself then do it!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you can have
1!. voice lessons
2!. go live in BrooklynWww@QuestionHome@Com

Other than listening and mimicking what you hear, I can't think
of any other way!.

How about watching the 3 Stooges!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

developing that accent doesnt just happen in weeks u prob have to live there for some time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

hire a professional speech personWww@QuestionHome@Com

go to Brooklyn for 4 years!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

live thereWww@QuestionHome@Com