Recently, anti-smoking lobbyists have been pushing for any movie that features cigarettes/smoking to be slapped with an automatic R rating. This pains us. The royal We here at Badger & Partners love smoking. The Art Department in particular feels a strong and incessant urge to consume cigarettes.
More than the act of smoking, which is an undeniable physical pleasure/danger, We love the IDEA of smoking. “In this era of overshares and TMI,” as Nell Minow puts it, “we no longer need the lighting of a cigarette and softly rising smoke to demonstrate gallantry and symbolize romance and seduction. Perhaps it isn’t the cigarettes we miss so much as the metaphors.”
It would be a waste not to influence unaccompanied minors with the rich and powerful symbolism of smoking – the first cigarette is practically an initiation rite of American youth. If you keep on smoking them, you’ll become an art director; if you cough and pass out, you go account side.
So, in the interest of influencing our underage readers and future employees, here are some pictures of cool people smoking… don’t be afraid to light up, kids.
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