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Posted by Ross (&v)
on September 15, 2008, 1:52 am, in reply to ""Disturb" Header Image"
Message modified by board administrator September 18, 2008, 2:12 am
Vesperae I meant to post a comment on your previous header but never got around to it
Definitely my favourite of your recent headers, a truly iconic image, one of the most important examples of the positive portayal of smoking in cinema
For anyone who doesn't know, it's from the film Grease
That one sequence (perhaps more than any other ever made?) seems to perfectly encapsulate what smoking is all about - so bad, so cool, so sexy, and a sign of (sexual?) maturity
I wonder how many young women were influenced to start smoking after seeing that movie ? Or whether those involved considered the effect that scene would have ?
V notes: Just added the image link, and identified the image by the title/file name in the subject line.
And you're quite right about the iconic significance of this one brief movie scene for anyone who was around when it was first introduced to our collective cultural consciousness...especially given Olivia Newton John's super squeaky-clean image at the time that she made this film.
Thanks Ross! 
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