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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 316837" data-attributes="member: 40536">I had mixed feelings about the character.&nbsp; I thought that he was kind of of a golden boy (As JR said in Conundrum, everybody&#039;s All-American)JR was raised to lead Ewing Oil, was denied parental love and approval (which would account for much of his behavior) and Bobby was seeminglygiven a free ride into the leadership of the company without earning it.&nbsp; He sided with his self-obsessed, whiny wife against his family numerous times.He was dangerously bad-tempered (even though there were times when his anger was understandable).While the CC reboot had flaws, at least Bobby showed some self awareness at JR&#039;s funeral when he said something to the effect that JR often took drastic actions that may have been necessary in the Oil business, that he himself couldn&#039;t do.JR often had to do business with deceitful, unscrupulous people, and he had to be just as ruthless to protect the family businessDidn&#039;t he invite Jenna to his second wedding with Pam after finding out she was pregnant with his child?Bobby probably would have been better off with Jenna (Although the show wouldn&#039;t have been as sharp without the Pam/Bobby difficulties)When Miss Ellie (foolishly) gave half of Southfork to Clayton, Bobby let JR do all the protesting, even though Bobby feltthe same way.Also JR was right about what about Clayton being a carpetbagger from San Angelo who wasn&#039;t nearly as honorable as the writing suggested.I thought that Bobby seemed like a good guy on the surface, but he could be overly self-righteous, and bullying</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 316837, member: 40536"] I had mixed feelings about the character. I thought that he was kind of of a golden boy (As JR said in Conundrum, everybody's All-American) JR was raised to lead Ewing Oil, was denied parental love and approval (which would account for much of his behavior) and Bobby was seemingly given a free ride into the leadership of the company without earning it. He sided with his self-obsessed, whiny wife against his family numerous times. He was dangerously bad-tempered (even though there were times when his anger was understandable). While the CC reboot had flaws, at least Bobby showed some self awareness at JR's funeral when he said something to the effect that JR often took drastic actions that may have been necessary in the Oil business, that he himself couldn't do. JR often had to do business with deceitful, unscrupulous people, and he had to be just as ruthless to protect the family business Didn't he invite Jenna to his second wedding with Pam after finding out she was pregnant with his child? Bobby probably would have been better off with Jenna (Although the show wouldn't have been as sharp without the Pam/Bobby difficulties) When Miss Ellie (foolishly) gave half of Southfork to Clayton, Bobby let JR do all the protesting, even though Bobby felt the same way. Also JR was right about what about Clayton being a carpetbagger from San Angelo who wasn't nearly as honorable as the writing suggested. I thought that Bobby seemed like a good guy on the surface, but he could be overly self-righteous, and bullying [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?