Now, I don't want to be gross and I'm not wishing these 30s movies to have potty humor throughout but why was it not ok to see a character using a bathroom but it was ok to see them smoke? Not that seeing them doing these things would improve plots or character development; I'm just inquisitive.
shareIt isn't necessary to bare one's bottom in order to smoke a cigaret.
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It isn't necessary to bare one's bottom in order to smoke a cigaret.
Unless they're smoking out of their ass.
What an excellent question! You know what would be great? How about when James Stewart is begging for his life at the end of It's A Wonderful Life, he farts a couple of times. That would make that scene instantly better! Great idea!
Want three steaks?... My mistake. Four steaks.
Since you mentioned it, it's worth noting that Zuzu's original line was "Every time Daddy cuts one, an angel gets its wings!" The Hays Office insisted that Frank Capra change it.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.
I agree. I feel the same way about sex scenes. NOT necessary to show it graphically==we get the drift, already. I don't think of sexual behavior as a spectator sport.
As for smoking, yes it was acceptable and common for many years. I don't know why people want to criticize something like this from another era (before the cigarette police emerged in the 70's).
As for "the ladies lounges" of yore, you never see anyone actually in a stall. It's all about primping, makeup repair, brushing hair,gossip, etc. There is a good scene in "Laura" when Gene Tierney and Judith Anderson are in the Ladies.
I wonder if those kinds of ladies lounges still exist? They used to be in Movie Theaters and dept. stores. The last one that I remember was when I was visiting a friend in DC and we went to some grand dept. store. The Ladies had pink carpet, pink sofa and chairs, lots of mirrors, and a live parrot in a very large gilded cage. It had a vending machine where you could buy nylons, combs, safety pins, and various sundries. At the sinks you could get a squirt of hand lotion for a penny or a squirt of perfume for a nickle.
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Due to their harassment of others, people no longer have the option of smoking or non smoking on planes, in bars, or restaurants. I'm going to become the lunch/microwave police where you can't bring you stinky, ethnic food to the office and stink up the afternoon with it. Or perhaps I will become the perfume police so that you can't drown yourself in it and set off other peoples allergies.
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