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<blockquote data-quote="Laurie!" data-source="post: 292915" data-attributes="member: 2210">That&#039;s based on her role that Lorimar execs kept her at though.&nbsp; Her, Barbara and Linda were always kept a few ladder rungs down from the male leads.&nbsp; Thus, why Linda had such a hard time being able to direct...cause then the other women would want to.If Victoria had been given an equal role with Larry, I think she definitely would have deserved equal pay.&nbsp; She was everywhere in the 80&#039;s. As a child, I was eye level to the magazine racks and it was rare for her not to be on at least one cover.&nbsp; She was always sought for talk show appearances, etc.&nbsp; She drove the ratings of DALLAS every bit as much as Larry did back then.&nbsp; Almost every male I knew, watched for Victoria too.So if..say when Patrick left...had the powers allowed Pam to go toe-to-toe with JR, the way Victoria was capable of doing by that point, the show wouldn&#039;t have skipped a beat in the ratings.Instead, we got a de-fanged Pam who needed Mark&#039;s help with decisions....and Victoria forced to take the only things she had control of, into her own hands.&nbsp; That was how many swimsuits, etc she would appear in per season.&nbsp; &nbsp; They weren&#039;t going to pay her less than even PD and continue to profit from her body.&nbsp; She was a bit of a trailblazer for women in that regard and I applaud her for that.&nbsp; Thus why she&#039;s forever branded the trouble maker though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurie!, post: 292915, member: 2210"] That's based on her role that Lorimar execs kept her at though. Her, Barbara and Linda were always kept a few ladder rungs down from the male leads. Thus, why Linda had such a hard time being able to direct...cause then the other women would want to. If Victoria had been given an equal role with Larry, I think she definitely would have deserved equal pay. She was everywhere in the 80's. As a child, I was eye level to the magazine racks and it was rare for her not to be on at least one cover. She was always sought for talk show appearances, etc. She drove the ratings of DALLAS every bit as much as Larry did back then. Almost every male I knew, watched for Victoria too. So if..say when Patrick left...had the powers allowed Pam to go toe-to-toe with JR, the way Victoria was capable of doing by that point, the show wouldn't have skipped a beat in the ratings. Instead, we got a de-fanged Pam who needed Mark's help with decisions....and Victoria forced to take the only things she had control of, into her own hands. That was how many swimsuits, etc she would appear in per season. They weren't going to pay her less than even PD and continue to profit from her body. She was a bit of a trailblazer for women in that regard and I applaud her for that. Thus why she's forever branded the trouble maker though. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?