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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 347839" data-attributes="member: 46">Larry was also smart enough to realize that he should be out of the USA entirely when the episode aired over there, so he took a trip to Britain and moved about a bit across the country while he was over here. The result was that when the cliffhanger gripped the American public, the brass were chasing him all over the place instead of merely dictating what would happen next as would have been the case had he been in the US at the time. Larry was basically saying &quot;this is what I want or I&#039;m off&quot;. Larry believed that it was impossible at that time for Dallas to continue without him as J.R. Ewing in the series, and he was right.The actors were all behind Larry at the time. It would mean increased pay and power for them too compared to before. Larry and Patrick also got to direct some episodes after this as well, meaning more money on top of their acting roles.I do wonder where the whole &quot;Dallas is a man&#039;s show&quot; machismo thing around 1986-87 came from. Was it Barbara Carrera from the previous year annoying them? Cliff seemed to have had a personality transplant in Season 10 DVD.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 347839, member: 46"] Larry was also smart enough to realize that he should be out of the USA entirely when the episode aired over there, so he took a trip to Britain and moved about a bit across the country while he was over here. The result was that when the cliffhanger gripped the American public, the brass were chasing him all over the place instead of merely dictating what would happen next as would have been the case had he been in the US at the time. Larry was basically saying "this is what I want or I'm off". Larry believed that it was impossible at that time for Dallas to continue without him as J.R. Ewing in the series, and he was right. The actors were all behind Larry at the time. It would mean increased pay and power for them too compared to before. Larry and Patrick also got to direct some episodes after this as well, meaning more money on top of their acting roles. I do wonder where the whole "Dallas is a man's show" machismo thing around 1986-87 came from. Was it Barbara Carrera from the previous year annoying them? Cliff seemed to have had a personality transplant in Season 10 DVD. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?