tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post8387895999625751703..comments2023-09-10T06:13:15.389-04:00Comments on Nine Naughty Novelists: Alphas Through the Ageskellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-9273384718435766872010-05-20T17:49:15.842-04:002010-05-20T17:49:15.842-04:00Bingo. What PG said; jerkiness will at times be un...Bingo. What PG said; jerkiness will at times be unavoidable with an alpha. <br /><br />That being said - oh yeah, I don't miss the 50s style alphas at all. Now, when it comes to the old movie stars, I'm more partial to Robert Mitchum and the macho guys like that - I've never liked the frat boy types, even the modern day ones. But even the upright, heroic macho guys of the 50s (and 60s, and 70s) had that streak of misogyny. <br /><br />Don't get me started on the Old Skool romances of the 70s and how alpha heroes behaved in them. Pretty awful.<br /><br />Mad Men might exaggerate the sex and drinking, but the sexism is spot on, according to ladies who lived through it.Kinsey Holleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131588359263181570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-91101597191534310812010-05-19T22:42:03.517-04:002010-05-19T22:42:03.517-04:00I think the line between Alpha and Jerk is really ...I think the line between Alpha and Jerk is really thin and probably even the best Alpha is going to cross it at some time or another. But there's a world of difference between straying into jerk territory occasionally and making it a permanent residence. <br /><br />Also, I have to say that I can forgive a whole lot of jerkiness in a hero who's out-of-his-mind-in-love with the heroine.PG Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819909187492632526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-53378032016033157552010-05-19T13:49:18.475-04:002010-05-19T13:49:18.475-04:00I've never seen the older version of the movie...I've never seen the older version of the movie, but I do adore Brad Pitt, so I'll take almost anything with him. And I did love those newer movies, although I agree, I could have done without 12!Debra St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.com