James Bond 007 inspired by a Dominican man?

check out Dusko Popov......
A Serbian triple agent....

some say he was the inspiration.

In fact. he warned the US of Pearl Harbor but was ignored

Interesting article. When reading about Dominican history or the Dominican upper class from the past century I can't help and wonder: what happened that the Dominican society became what it is now?*

I stumbled on it too.

ai rubirosa. que lastima he didn't live long enough for the trim suits of the sixties. Those high waisted 50's fashion are so dated.

Whenever I think of Rubi, which is embarrassingly often I think of the term swarthy.


Zsa Zsa was a total babe. Doris Duke, not so much.

Mauricio said:

Interesting article. When reading about Dominican history or the Dominican upper class from the past century I can't help and wonder: what happened that the Dominican society became what it is now?*

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Mauricio, with them it happened the same thing that happened with the blancs on the Haitian part of the island, as in, most of them have left for other shores, although the difference in our case is that a significant chunk have remained, and either isolate themselves from the general retardity going on in the island, or else, swim in it and avoid making too much of a ruckus in order to not be noticed (and make themselves the targets of unwanted attention). At any rate, the end result is that the entire island has been paying a dear price for the lack of an effective, responsible leadership with boots on the ground directing affairs.

Ian Fleming came up with the name James Bond from the author of this book.

Birds of the West Indies

J/Bond rolex sells for ?240k

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...inspired-007-villains-Blofeld-Scaramanga.html

The iconic watch worn by Roger Moore as James Bond in the 1973 classic Live And Let Die has sold at auction ? for a staggering ?240,000.

Experts said that the customised Rolex Submariner was the most recognisable watch in history thanks to an estimated one billion people having seen the movie, the eighth in the Bond franchise.

In the film, the watch helps Bond escape numerous life-or-death situations thanks to its bezel that transforms into a buzzsaw. It also boasted a magnet that 007 uses to unzip Bond girl Miss Caruso?s dress. The watch, made in 1972, has the signature ?Roger Moore 007? on the back.
It had been tipped to fetch ?150,000, but was eventually bought by an unnamed collector for ?240,000 at a sale held by London auctioneers Phillips in Geneva, Switzerland.

A spokesman for the auction house said: ?This is the most recognisable watch in history. The original Rolex Submariner, reference 5513, was made in 1972 and then modified for the movie. Used for both humour and dramatic events, the magnetic power could unzip Miss Caruso?s dress, and catch a spoon off a coffee saucer
This is a nice car 007

Well Rubirosa most likely was the original Sanky Panky and James Bond was is a ladies man, maybe there's the connection.

ccarabella said:

Stumbled on this article about the possible origins of 007.
Check out this article....hmmmmm
http://www.vibe.com/2016/10/porfirio-rubirosa-inspiration-james-bond/

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Oh ya....

Right.....

Next thing you'll tell me is that some Dominican invented crack........







Hey.....wait a minute??

rice&beans said:

Oh ya....

Right.....

Next thing you'll tell me is that some Dominican invented crack........







Hey.....wait a minute??

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And I thought that was Richard.

[video=youtube;5Kr0TnhToek]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr0TnhToek[/video]

The name came from the ornithologist.

The influence for the character did not.

ccarabella said:

Stumbled on this article about the possible origins of 007.
Check out this article....hmmmmm
http://www.vibe.com/2016/10/porfirio-rubirosa-inspiration-james-bond/

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Now it all makes sense to me ... I mean, my son's fascination with 007 and me thinking that I'm a ladies man (the only difference is that after 30 years of marriage I can't pick up not even a cucaracha).

On serious note, it sounds kind of believable. Rubirosa, from what I read, had the credentials to be a super agent, drove nice fast cars, lived the high live, had the accent and was a ladies man. *Dominicans certainly have the reputation to be super heroes, look at big pappi...*