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10-22-2010, 08:08 AM
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The Mentalist
I watched last night's episode of "The Mentalist" which was touted on some horse racing boards because the plot revolved around a racetrack. Every racetrack character was portrayed in a sleezy manner.
The murder victim was a jockey with a physically violent temper. The big-time trainer employed threatening and coercive business practices. The groom, who was an agent of the big-time trainer, delivered threats to people at the track and peddled worthless "inside" information to the suckers. The small-time trainer was a cheat and a murderer. Even the apprentice jockey, the least culpable of the lot, was a reluctant accomplice to the small-time trainer's scam, if not to the murder itself. I realize that it's only television, and also that they say that any publicity is good publicity, but this kind of a show simply reinforces the negative stereotypes that plague the sport. Plus, the lead character (the mentalist himself) is a smarmy a-hole.
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10-22-2010, 08:50 AM
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 Jerry O'Connel's new show, The Defenders, had a bit of racing in one episode and the ending was pretty amusing because they were given a $500 W bet on a horse who was closing late and just missed at the wire.
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10-22-2010, 09:39 AM
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10-22-2010, 09:59 AM
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The band Rancid apparently likes Golden Gate Fields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthGd8deuB8 and they filmed part of a recent video there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYW3mVUyUtI&ob=av2e (starts at the 2:00 mark)
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10-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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Can't get over that guy's role as the male hooker in LA Confidential. Can't take him seriously in anything else.
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10-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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I watch The Defenders
 
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10-22-2010, 10:31 AM
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Watching The Mentalist is all about 1 thing: Amanda Righetti
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10-22-2010, 10:37 AM
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The Mentalist is a good show... and yes, there are reasons to watch beyond the storylines!
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10-22-2010, 11:20 AM
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I'd rather watch a show featuring close ups of root canals called Dentalist. Not a good portrayal of our sport.
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10-22-2010, 11:46 AM
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10-22-2010, 12:35 PM
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10-22-2010, 01:53 PM
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14,000 pretty good posts. This might be your best.
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10-22-2010, 01:56 PM
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10-22-2010, 04:55 PM
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10-22-2010, 06:16 PM
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