Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:21:03 -0400
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Good God, Mark, have you been to a movie in the past five years? Even
Mickey Mouse is smoking - well, maybe not Mickey, but everyone else is.
Smoking in movies is so common now that it has become a real problem in
terms of the campaign to try to convince young people not to smoke.
Virtually ALL the younger movie stars smoke, on and off screen...



Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> I raised the issue of a cigarette used in a portrait. In this case a self
> portrait. Ones image and it's effect on other people.
> In fashion and portraiture not log ago it was common. A favorite prop. Harry is
> not Harry with out his cigarette. Now almost unheard of.
> Same with films. When you see it you go: "Hey look at the cigarette!".
> 
> Modern WWII PC films are especially funny. You see five people all talking no
> one with a cigarette and it's 1944. No way. They'd ALL have a cigarette. But now
> they're all dead. They may have dodged bullets with amazing luck. But not cancer.
> 
> The glamorous fashion models from those previous decades have all gotten
> cervical or breast cancer.
> 
> No we don't want those young people to smoke. We don't want to make cool images
> of people smoking. That's my opinion.
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> 
> Portland, Oregon
> USA
> 
> http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
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In reply to: Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.)
Message from Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> (Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.)
Message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspainewebber.com> (Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.)