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Ian Fleming Never Mentioned James Bond’s Ethnicity. But He did Offer a Few Clues…
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Posted on 09/02/2015 3:43:08 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: x
“dropped the “Gay Bond” idea? “
In the shower, and everybody in Hollywood wants to pick it up...
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:09:38 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Perdogg
Fleming once said or wrote that he pictured Bond as looking like Hoagy Carmichael.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:11:51 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
They are fond of Hennessy. Purple drank as well...
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:12:01 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Kartographer
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:12:28 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
To: Perdogg
There were other 00 spies. Why not just introduce a completely new character using 007 as a bridge to introduce the character? Seems a huge mistake to screw up a character that’s been around for 50+ years.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: x
He was good in The Running Man.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:13:23 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Perdogg
I'd rather have the Honor Blackman / Ursula Andress / Jill St. John argument again, myself...
Ms. Blackman wins of course, but still...
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:16:49 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
To: yarddog
I didn’t know that. Interesting. Hoagy Carmichael was closely tied to Indiana University and Ian Fleming left all of his material to the IU Lilly Library. I have to wonder if IF had a special affinity for IU. I spent a summer 40 years ago reading all of the Bond novels and studying Fleming’s material at the Lilly, including his non-Bond stories.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:17:45 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Kartographer
I have to disagree. The Craig films are the only ones I have really enjoyed. Some of the older films are embarrassingly campy and do not age well.
To: Perdogg
Ian Fleming Never Mentioned James Bond’s Ethnicity....
Gee, ya think because he wrote it when British men were all white males?
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:18:30 PM PDT
by
rbg81
(is pr)
To: Perdogg
I remember how disappointed I was after seeing “Band Of Brothers”, not a single Brother in the whole movie! I thought it was going to be a Soultown revue. What a Gyp!
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:20:00 PM PDT
by
ABN 505
(Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
To: Kirkwood
The name is familiar to me but I actually don’t know what Hoagy looks like. I assume he is White tho.
Now Fleming did describe Felix Leiter as red headed. I guess that means Redd Foxx should play him.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:20:16 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:21:53 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
Thanks. I really could see him as Bond.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:24:01 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Perdogg
Let's see, Ian Fleming described Bond as half-Swiss and half-Scottish AND he commissioned this sketch of him:
His ethnicity seems pretty clear to me.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:29:46 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Perdogg
What a dumb column. Ian Fleming was a secret agent during WWII. Fleming was Bond, as he fantasized him.
To: ilgipper
Daniel Craig is perfect. I really think he's as good as Connery.
Idris Elba is a great actor. I would love to have him in any of my feature films (when they get made :). But not Bond. It's like trying to cast an Asian as Annie Oakley. Leave some things alone.
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:35:21 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Perdogg
that's simply because he didn't have to... it was a given
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:37:02 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: JMS
"Fleming imagined the character to resemble Hoagy Carmichael..."
Hmmmmm...tough sale in Hollywood:
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:45:52 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
To: Perdogg; MeshugeMikey; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/02/2015 4:45:57 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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