It finally clicked with me the connection reminds me of: Pam Shriver's incident with James Blake at Wimbledon this year.
For those who didn't see it (and I can't remember if it was discussed in this forum), Shriver was overlooking a court in which Blake was playing and made a comment on Blake returning from injury and that he's not 100% back: just some pretty good analysis. Unfortunately, she was loud enough that Blake heard her and yelled back "Amazing you used to play tennis. I can still hear you." At which point Shriver started getting on Blake at the same volume and all but taunted him. Blake then called Shriver an ass during the next break in play. This is exactly what happened with Gray. The first question was within bounds. Rose deflected it pretty nicely. But then Gray decided to press in a situation where there was clearly nothing to gain. And Rose started calling him out on it, at which point it became a battle of who has the bigger phallus. You can blame them both for the ending, but at the end of the day, it's the responsibility of the "reporter" to understand the bigger picture. And I think the incident in the interview in which Gray waited six minutes before asking the basic question brings back the same issue: Gray inserting himself to a level far beyond that which anyone else would've appreciated. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> ...In this incident, Pete Rose is clearly the dick, >> and I really can't understand those who blame >> Gray. > > Exactly my thought when I read Bob's post. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
