Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 I *will* say this though... oftentimes when I see a person smoking in a movie, I get the urge. But that's an issue of self-control. People used to say that to me all the time, "(SFK), you make a person want to smoke a cigarette" because I really did enjoy it (especially when drinking) and I guess the relaxation and exhilaration showed. But then there are these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 I can see it, too. TV is truly a very influencing medium, and soaps have been especially known for that. I guess it all boils down to writing something realistically. You can have the character act in ways that are in accordance to smoking for many years--occassional coughing, anxiousness over wanting to smoke if you haven't smoked for a while, lots of stuff like that--doesn't have to prevalent, or hit you over the head, just behavior that is incorporated in the script. Carrie Bradshaw was a great example of this. Seeing her smoke in Season 6 while in Paris and under great stress was a bigger turn-off to me than any anti-smoking ban FRIENDS ever had... because it showed the dependence, the psychological bond that I can, frankly, do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Yeah, totally. When Jonathan pulled out a cig on GL, I really think that was TP's idea. I know he smoked at the time at least, not sure if he still does. He probably thought it looked cool for the scene. And if I saw Tad or Rex or Nora smoking I wouldn't be too surprised because I figure they all smoke IRL and their characters could be closet smokers on the show. I wonder if it was Diahann Carroll's or the writers'/producers' idea to have Dominique smoke like Alexis. DC was obviously not a smoker, she smoked with none of the elan of Joan Collins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Were you also good with holding it between your finders and lighting it? +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 BTW, Kretek has Pink Dreams, in look kind of like Shermans, but only pink, obviously: And some more obsessions : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Yeah, my friend's girlfriend would get Dreams which taste like vanilla. Never had a pink one though. I smoked Camel Lights before they changed the "recipe" and for a while there, they made these different flavor varieties that came in a tin. I would get the Mandarin orange. Was subtle, but pretty good. You could smell the orange more when unlit than you could actually taste it when smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 And here is the store: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 By God, those do look fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 QUoting myself, but just to add to this: When you say they used to say to you SFK, you make people want to smoke a cigarette, did they also say that because of the whole performance, so to speak, the whole ritual (lighting, holding, smoke figures...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Sylph, maybe you should order a carton of Fantasias and just display them on your coffee table with one of those huge old-school table lighters. I actually got that from an episode of Sanford and Son where Fred and Lamont go to move a piano from this chi-chi guy's West side condo and Fred mocks him for his super-long rainbow cigarettes he keeps in a glass container on his coffee table. Sylph, you created this thread so hopefully you don't mind the tobacco-related jack. I'm trying to keep the "Stylish, Magnetic Businesswoman" angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 12 East 42nd Street, New York is the location you're looking for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Sounds like a fun day out in the town! Don't tempt me, I SO will go get them! What's their price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Yeah, that's the new store that opened a few years ago, I haven't been in it. The old one was on the opposite corner, NW 42nd & 5th. They didn't have that airy upstairs space, that looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 You just gave me an idea, SFK! I will definitely acquire a pack or two! Fantasia and Black & Gold! As for the price, see here. Well, we had to dedicate a page or two to what actually these women were smoking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 I really don't know how to answer that question without sounding like an ass. Though I wasn't "acting" I suppose it was my "performance", the way I looked while smoking that people commented on. It's weird, I don't know exactly what I'm doing but people have said the same thing about the way I eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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