Anyone who [...] works in a traditionally male role, like a cop, fireman, cowboy is revealed to be a drunk, wife beater, or criminal.

For real? How to explain cop and cowboy movies?

The level of intensity--the f-word aside--is no different than encounters in every workplace, or at least the majority, from time to time.

I evidently haven't worked in the typical workplace, because I've never heard anything like that in one.

I evidently haven't worked in the typical workplace, because I've never heard anything like that in one.

I've heard it in a workplace where the owners were abusive to some employees. They never dared speak like that to me, I would have walked out of the office. They were fired after the company was purchased by another large company (not for the abusive language but because of shady dealings).

I evidently haven't worked in the typical workplace, because I've never heard anything like that in one.

Never worked with brokers, I see. Oh, except for that part about leaving the f-word aside.

No, I wouldn't call that typical. But not so far outside the expected for the amount of play it's getting. Someone mentioned the Baldwin rant at his kid upthread - I agree that that was way more shocking.

I have worked in workplaces where that kind of rant would bee out of place, but more where it would happen occasionally. At one workplace it was acceptable behavior for employees to challenge each other to wrestling matches, which I would be surprised if anyone else can match. (Umm maybe excluding the person on this board who actually works for WWF.)

Yeah, she was twelve. I think police sometimes *do* feel that they relate more to criminals than 9 to 5 citizens, but I have read that in first-hand accounts of police work.(And I'm not calling cops criminals, just that their day-to-days are more similar than say a cop and an insurance agent.) Don't give that guy "the Wire" or "Rescue Me" his head would burst.

Isn't the DP usually behind the camera during a take?

apparently "assault" in this context refers to people yelling obscenities.

Assault is a very mixy term. Technically*, the assault is the thrreat of violence, or in this case 'verbal violence' which creates fear or disturbs one's peace. Battery is the actual punch.

• at least it was yonks ago when I was on the job.

Yeah, I'm pretty much with Beverly. I'm very amused by the rant, but if this is a scandal then the recession must have hit the scandal-mongering industry. Because "some actors are temperamental and self-absorbed" seems about as shocking as "some screenwriters are bitter and frustrated."

I was amused at the way his accents flickered on and off. He's British! He's American! He's British again!