It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.
Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.
'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. E