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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 266949" data-attributes="member: 22">In retrospect, I think what was really confusing was the disconnect between the way the storyline played out on screen and the way the it had been originally publicised in the press. As I recall, this was the first time an upcoming DALLAS guest appearance had been so aggressively hyped, complete with photos of Christopher Atkins pouting sleazily, his arms draped around Sue Ellen and Pam, amidst rumours that his character was set to seduce them both.<img src="https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-x8dfmo/products/6836/images/29893/Christopher-Atkins-%2526-Linda-Gray-in-Dallas-1978-1991-Premium-Photograph-and-Poster-1026305__21021.1432425424.386.513.jpg?c=2" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp;These salacious hints of a “toyboy lover” scenario with its Joan Collins overtones bear no resemblance to the confused, tentative romance we were eventually presented with. No wonder we were confused, complaining that Atkins was miscast as a stud when that wasn’t what he was playing any more than Sue Ellen was meant to be a man-eating cougar. Both were too vulnerable to start tearing each other&#039;s clothes off in elevators the way mutually attracted characters were expected to do at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 266949, member: 22"] In retrospect, I think what was really confusing was the disconnect between the way the storyline played out on screen and the way the it had been originally publicised in the press. As I recall, this was the first time an upcoming DALLAS guest appearance had been so aggressively hyped, complete with photos of Christopher Atkins pouting sleazily, his arms draped around Sue Ellen and Pam, amidst rumours that his character was set to seduce them both. [IMG]https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-x8dfmo/products/6836/images/29893/Christopher-Atkins-%2526-Linda-Gray-in-Dallas-1978-1991-Premium-Photograph-and-Poster-1026305__21021.1432425424.386.513.jpg?c=2[/IMG] These salacious hints of a “toyboy lover” scenario with its Joan Collins overtones bear no resemblance to the confused, tentative romance we were eventually presented with. No wonder we were confused, complaining that Atkins was miscast as a stud when that wasn’t what he was playing any more than Sue Ellen was meant to be a man-eating cougar. Both were too vulnerable to start tearing each other's clothes off in elevators the way mutually attracted characters were expected to do at the time. [/QUOTE]

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