While were on the subject of Archetypes , the T.V news announced the death of , and I quote " the archetypal 70's TV actor Lewis Collins " . He was best known for playing " Bodie " a character in the hit 70's crime drama , The Professionals .It was a drama about the MI5 intelligence agency . Why was his character an archetype that represented the 70's then ? Well he was portrayed going to the pub while at work , chatting up all the women he came across , sometimes slapping them on the arse ( sexual harassment being the modern equivalent ) and both he and his partner slid around sideways a lot of the time in sporty Fords whenever the story could justify it ( That was a lot of the time then ) . Oh and they had big guns when appropriate ... Well O.K those must have been the key pursuits aimed at in a 70's TV program !!! I cant see another drama today being as brash as this one . I love it and have only just watched it for the first time this last year .Of course the story lines were good quality as many were based on true stories from the real MI6 intelligence agency , though some details were apparently changed , obviously . Some of the plot lines do ring very true somehow . A different kind of archetype then !
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