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Another show that cigarette makers really like

posted 11 years ago by wildpeace10
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Just like The Playboy Club or the Hour
,producers seem to think that if a story
in set in the 60s,they have to show someone
smoking every 10 minutes.

[–] haynes-2 11 years ago

That's exactly what Fleming did. He smoked up to 70 cigarettes a day and that along with a bottle of gin put him in an early grave.

[–] wlbennett 11 years ago

If they want to be accurate they do. Smoking was extremely common and cigarettes were part of the soldier's rations.

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[–] dmpyron 11 years ago

"Smoke'em if ya got 'em" and I think anyone who smokes (or, sigh, grew up with a smoker) is aware, 5 minutes is about how long it takes to smoke a cig. And submarines had a light called the smoking lamp. If it was on you could smoke, usually because the boat was on the surface.

A huge portion of the adult population of most industrialized countries smoked then and up through the early 60's.

[–] wildpeace10 11 years ago

If they want to be accurate they do.
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So everything in this tv series is 100% accurate?

[–] Jack_LesCamela 11 years ago

So everything in this tv series is 100% accurate?

No, of course not. Many things will be changed for greater dramatic impact. The smoking at the time is an easy detail to get right though, and it adds verisimilitude. Why would you want them to not smoke when you know good and well that everyone did at the time and that goes double for Ian Fleming?

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

And thank god for that.
I fear the moment they start to make movies where they try and erase historical details like that because modern day society goes insane if someone even mentions a cigarette.
When I see people smoking a lot in historical dramas set in this era I think to myself; "Oh good, at least one detail they got right."

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[–] Korios 10 years ago

Flemming actually smoked many more cigarettes per day than they showed in this show, in the tune of 80 cigarettes actually. This had nothing to do with tobacco promotion, only realism.

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[–] sized-2 10 years ago

Uh,,that's the way it was back then.

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[–] chicago85 9 years ago

Drag out your family picture album from those days. Odds are you will see people smoking and DRINKING ALCOHOL.

These days your doctor is your drug connection. Thousands of people die these days from prescribed drugs. In some cities they have clinics with thugs maintaining order while script writers pump out prescriptions to addicts standing in line.

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