Is that an "American thing"? What I mean to say is, it seems as though we are trying to deceive Americans into thinking all these people are actually in our country.

Just think about Power Rangers. Okay, so that sounds a bit childish.. but, all the actors now are Aussie or Kiwi but when they do the show they must imitate an American accent AND pretend to be living in the states.

Who knows? Power Rangers is aired around all the English-speaking countries I believe? Who cares what accent they naturally speak with? It is as if we must "translate" stuff because we are so lazy to do mentally do it.... even though it isn't that difficult to understand Australian English... haha.