Perhaps the last of the old time tough guys. Is there any
still left? Mitchum's gone, Cagney's gone, Bogart's long gone
as is Raft, Charles Boyer, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Shaw. Sean
Connery is in this mold and still with us. Jack Nicholson a
little less so because of his complex emotions but still
there. But the classic cops/robbers of the 30s, 40s & 50s
are gone and not really being replaced. It's as if these
tough guys are no longer valid on some artistic level. I was
thinking about the new James Bond and I'm really looking
forward to this guy because he's the first Bond since Connery
who doesn't look like a fashion model. That image is so far
from that hard core character of Ian Fleming's with the scars
and the unruly hair. I'm disappointed that they didn't go
back to square one with the franchise, though. If they set
the story in 1953, for example, gave him the old Rolex, and
the gun metal cigarette case, the .25 Beretta, and most
important the super-charged Bentley, they'd have added a
whole new dimension to the franchise. I suppose it's only PBS
who is bright enough, or edgy enough, to make choices like
that. What comes around goes around. Here's to the new tough
guys to come.
--- e_lynskey <
e_lynskey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> One of the old-time, tough guys.
>
> Ed Lynskey
>
>
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