Let's not make Sean Connery a Saint.

[pnwest]

Let’s not make a saint of Sean Connery, shall we? He thinks giving a woman a good slap “is just fine”. And 22 years after he said that, he told Barbara Walters he hadn’t changed his opinion. Fuck this guy.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/sean-connery-slapping-women-dangerous-opinions-man-time-3021169%3famp

[LizBeth]

1. Right. I get some think that persona is a nifty mans man image, but yes. He abuses women with no

apology.

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2. Roger moore was the saint. They get confused a lot.

https://www.saint.org/sttv.htm

[dubyadiprecession]

5. I loved that show!....

Except for when he slapped women around.

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6. There was a lot of that back then

Times have changed for the better. Well maybe not so much recently,...

[HipChick]

14. Roger Moore was a racist..

[Doodley]

19. You base that on what?

[HipChick]

21. Based on what came out of his mouth..

[Doodley]

23. Funny, but I thought there would be no specific examples.

[HipChick]

25. There are...

Is google broken in your part of the world?

[Doodley]

28. Sorry but that is utter crap. If you smear somebody, back it up with facts.

[HipChick]

31. The facts are there..

There was a big uproar here in the UK about it...you can google it or stay in your denial bubble...

[Demovictory9]

3. Thats what i recall about him..the approval of beating women

[SheltieLover]

4. Never could stand him

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Or his macho man movies. Never saw one.

[Paladin]

9. See him in "The Man Who Would Be King" or "The Hill".

On the very small chance you want your mind changed.

[SheltieLover]

15. No thx

But I appreciate you informing me.

[Iggo]

13. Well look at you!

[SheltieLover]

16. 😊

[Doodley]

20. You judge his movies, yet never saw one? Amazing.

[SheltieLover]

22. I judge

Whether I want to watch a movie by ads.

Feeling revulsion for a sexist does not require watching a film.

[Doodley]

29. I thought you said you can't stand his movies. Yes, that requires watching them.

[SheltieLover]

30. Can't stand him or his movies

Please refer to above.

[Lunabell]

7. Misogynist prick.

N/T

[SheltieLover]

17. This!👆

[Loki Liesmith]

8. Nah, don't fuck this guy.

He said some stupid shit. He also acted in lots of roles I enjoyed. And years later he did recant this statement.

I’ll continue to watch his movies. I’ll continue to appreciate his craft. I don’t care how this makes you feel.

[pnwest]

10. Sounds an awful lot like "Fuck your feelings".

[whistler162]

11. Correct that was Roger Moore

[uriel1972]

12. Thank you I felt uncomfortable

About the hagiography going on. I felt as if I was the only one remembering the bad.

[Doodley]

18. Yes, he was more than a saint. He was sex on legs. He was the hottest male actor on the planet.

Men wanted to be like him. Women wanted to go to bed with him. He redefined the action hero. He redefined on-screen masculinity. He was the blueprint for a thousand other actors. He made James Bond the most successful franchise of all time. He proved to be gifted as an actor in many diverse roles (including an Oscar). He gave millions to charity, including his entire earnings from Diamonds Are Forever ($20m in today's money). I'm not going to let something he said in an interview that he may or may not have been serious about taint my opinion of his success, from bricklayer and coffin polisher and to international superstar.

[ismnotwasm]

26. Clearly, you never saw Zardoz.

I actually kind of liked it though

[North Shore Chicago]

24. Thanks for this thread.

I wasn't about to dip my toes on the Connery is da bomb threads.

I recall an SNL parody they did with the game show Jeopardy. The actor who played Sean Connery as a contestant pronounced therapist as the rapist.

So yeah, his not so good reputation with the ladies proceeded him.

[Turin_C3PO]

27. Sorry, I dont judge artists work

by their personal failings. I can enjoy his movies without deifying him as a saint.

[Laffy Kat]

32. I know this will not add to my popularity, but I've never understood the appeal...

Of the 007 franchise. The movies bore me to tears.