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<blockquote data-quote="LMLDallas78" data-source="post: 362120" data-attributes="member: 55682">Oh where to start.......We can blame the writers, we can blame the actors, we can blame the characters that need to change to keep up with an ever changing world. It&#039;s probably a bit of all of these and more.Some actors are better than others and can adapt easily to changing story lines and we all have our opinions on those. This original post was started some years ago now and takes a strong view regarding Linda Gray/Sue Ellen among others. After Sue Ellen left (which was always too early for me) I lost interest in all the new characters that followed, a lot to do with the people portraying them and the storylines. Sadly JR and Cliff had already become cartoonish, still wonder if either of the actors had anything&nbsp; to do with that.But as I stated earlier characters have to evolve and I guess we don&#039;t always like it. Sue Ellen did change as a character and I believe that had a lot to do with LG wanting that change, but I think she continued to play it well and was far more than just &quot;competent&quot;.It&#039;s hard to imagine another character being so diverse and really challenging how they were at the beginning. It&#039;s like making someone sickly sweet into a nasty person, such a contrast is often hard to accept. If you&#039;re a fan of the actor maybe it&#039;s a little easier to accept and it&#039;s only down to our own personal judgement if they continue to be convincing and watchable in their role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LMLDallas78, post: 362120, member: 55682"] Oh where to start....... We can blame the writers, we can blame the actors, we can blame the characters that need to change to keep up with an ever changing world. It's probably a bit of all of these and more. Some actors are better than others and can adapt easily to changing story lines and we all have our opinions on those. This original post was started some years ago now and takes a strong view regarding Linda Gray/Sue Ellen among others. After Sue Ellen left (which was always too early for me) I lost interest in all the new characters that followed, a lot to do with the people portraying them and the storylines. Sadly JR and Cliff had already become cartoonish, still wonder if either of the actors had anything to do with that. But as I stated earlier characters have to evolve and I guess we don't always like it. Sue Ellen did change as a character and I believe that had a lot to do with LG wanting that change, but I think she continued to play it well and was far more than just "competent". It's hard to imagine another character being so diverse and really challenging how they were at the beginning. It's like making someone sickly sweet into a nasty person, such a contrast is often hard to accept. If you're a fan of the actor maybe it's a little easier to accept and it's only down to our own personal judgement if they continue to be convincing and watchable in their role. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?