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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 280772" data-attributes="member: 3926">This is a very good idea, but the sense I always got from&nbsp; &quot;Dallas&quot; is that that Larry Hagman, Capitol, Kathmandu, and whoever else was in charge, would never allow a woman to become that much of a threat to JR.&nbsp; Sure, Kristin could shoot him, but eventually she got her comeuppance, and that&#039;s not the same as being smart or powerful enough to really give him a run for his money. The same holds true for Holly. She got him off her back by using sex to draw Sue Ellen into her scheme, but it wasn&#039;t her business acumen or money that bested him. She also paid a high financial price for it,, thanks to JR&#039;s cunning.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Of course, no one would ever really get the best of JR, but men would always get closer to it then female characters. That&#039;s why I never understood the Harleyville sheriff getting away with threatening JR in his own office with impunity. That scene makes no sense from any perspective.&nbsp; I could be wrong, of course, but that&#039;s the vibe I always got from &quot;Dallas&quot; I&nbsp; tend to think that&#039;s why a character like Donna or Abby Ewing could never really go head to head with JR. They may not win, but they could face him on his own terms and prove to be credible threats. I always thought there was a goldmine of good storyline to come from having Donna really got to the mat with JR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimmy Todd, post: 280772, member: 3926"] This is a very good idea, but the sense I always got from "Dallas" is that that Larry Hagman, Capitol, Kathmandu, and whoever else was in charge, would never allow a woman to become that much of a threat to JR. Sure, Kristin could shoot him, but eventually she got her comeuppance, and that's not the same as being smart or powerful enough to really give him a run for his money. The same holds true for Holly. She got him off her back by using sex to draw Sue Ellen into her scheme, but it wasn't her business acumen or money that bested him. She also paid a high financial price for it,, thanks to JR's cunning. Of course, no one would ever really get the best of JR, but men would always get closer to it then female characters. That's why I never understood the Harleyville sheriff getting away with threatening JR in his own office with impunity. That scene makes no sense from any perspective. I could be wrong, of course, but that's the vibe I always got from "Dallas" I tend to think that's why a character like Donna or Abby Ewing could never really go head to head with JR. They may not win, but they could face him on his own terms and prove to be credible threats. I always thought there was a goldmine of good storyline to come from having Donna really got to the mat with JR. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?