Bond's Little Black Book
February, 1998
In a scene in Golden Eye, James Bond's female boss M called her top agent a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War." A worldwide audience spent $350 million proving her wrong and making the film the most successful in the series. We think M missed the point. Bond's appeal has nothing to do with being in a particular era in political history. His enduring appeal has to do with something fundamental about being a man. He takes the time to take himself seriously, a quality...
