Dern used to make comic
hay out of his fascination with the sound
of his own Midwestern twang, but Woody is all but mute much
of the time — a boldly counterintuitive
choice, making the few brief moments when Woody does speak up extremely moving.
We recommend that you look at the
hay choices available in any given year, buy samples
of the types you think are most likely to work, and go feed them
out.