https://deadline.com/2026/01/thomas-causey-dead-star-trek-movies-sound-mixer-1236682282/

I wasn't aware of this.

It's ironic how the U.N. chose someone who became famous for playing J.R. Ewing's long-suffering wife to promote women's rights. That's like asking Tony Geary or Roger Howarth to speak on behalf of RAINN.

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by Khan

36 minutes ago, Khan said:

It's ironic how the U.N. chose someone who became famous for playing J.R. Ewing's long-suffering wife to promote women's rights. That's like asking Tony Geary or Roger Howarth to speak on behalf of RAINN.

I wonder if they worked that into any of the movies - her saying she'd played an abused woman.

I can't get past how needlessly sneering that blurb is (very typical of the era). I also don't remember any TV-movies talking about female circumcision. Several years ago, EastEnders did a story about it (naturally with two short-term characters).

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by DRW50

13 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I also don't remember any TV-movies talking about female circumcision.

The only show that I remember that has talked about that subject was the original "Law & Order," in an episode about an American husband and father who killed the Egyptian doctor hired by his mother-in-law to perform the procedure on his half-Egyptian daughter. IIRC, he agreed to plead guilty to the charges in exchange for his parents being granted custody of his daughter, because he did not trust his weak-willed to stop HER mother (who said we raise our children to be no better than dogs) from having the daughter circumcised. It's a barbaric custom that persists in many countries; yet, I don't know whether that episode painted Egyptians in an all-too-objective light, lol.

IMO, it's as if the writer of that article is saying Linda Gray isn't qualified to speak on behalf of the U.N. and international women's rights BECAUSE she was just an actress, or an actress on a soap opera. But, you know, the idea of hiring an actor from a series that was popular all over the globe to speak out on such causes isn't necessarily a bad one. I just wish they had asked an actress from a series that hadn't marginalized and objectified women at every opportunity.