Cell Phones are the New Cigarette
Last night I was watching AMC’s new series Mad Men. It’s the show about the comings and goings of the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency set in the 1960s. I have a love/hate relationship with this show. I love the ad guys and how they think about marketing. I hate the way the women on the show are treated. But what really fascinates me is how much everyone smokes.
They smoke in their houses, at work, during meetings at work, in their cars, while they are cooking, and in bed while their spouse is sleeping. Even the pregnant woman smokes! It is just so weird to see all that smoking.
Then I noticed how many times other TV show characters use their cell phones. Especially detective shows. In almost every scene someone is flipping open their cell phone. Or flipping it closed for emphasis.
It’s like cell phones are the new cigarette.
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Gotta keep those hands occupied. For whatever reason, TV show writers (or produces, or whoever) just can’t seem to let a character have idle hands. I must say, I greatly prefer seeing people talking on the phone (or doing just about anything) as opposed to smoking on screen.
I know. It gives me a headache just to think about all the second hand smoke on set.
Since I was born in 1966 I don’t know this, but did people really smoke that much in 1960?
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