Re: Tapes
David Conner (dconner@bellatlantic.net)
Wed, 04 Feb 1998 19:26:55 -0800
Adams, Ernest wrote:
>
> James I Lee wrote:
>
> > Does anyone else find Jeff Ross a very exaggerated character?
> > Maybe it's because I'm American and I don't know anyone as brash
> > as Mr. Ross. It seems as if Jeff is a "cartoon American".
>
> I agree. Ross is pretty bad, although most American portrayals of
> British people on TV are FAR worse, usually huffing and spluttering
> Colonel Blimp types with outrageous accents. Of course, the other thing
> that really stands out today is his casual sexual harrassment of Karen
> Milner. Unfortunately, this rings true to me -- bear in mind that it WAS
> 20 years ago. Nowadays Karen would have complained, Ross would have
> ended up with a note in his personnel file (at a minimum), and his
> career would have ground to a halt.
>
> The McDonalds hamburger-eating scene was really over the top, though. I
> don't seriously believe you can get to be CIA station chief for London
> with manners as bad as that.
Actually, from my experience (I'm acquainted with a few CIA types), Jeff Ross'
portrayal is pretty darn close to the mark.