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Sun, 12 July 2009, 11:47 am
Gordon the Optom35 posts in thread

Can I ask what people think of the special non-toxic cigarettes that are smoked on stage?

Do they taste the same as normal cigarettes?

Do the audience members find the the smoke created more offensive than the real thing?

By omitting smoking from a play, does the mood of the play change? Or can the smoking act be removed from plays completely?

Miscommunication?

Sun, 26 July 2009, 03:33 am
Either it's too early in the morning for my brain to function or we've had a slight miscommunication here. NOTE: We are discussing the use of fake cigarettes. The prop ones you buy in costume stores that have a smoke stick in one end and once lit will smoke for a little while without any need for a person to inhale??? Because thats the notion I got. Anyway, in reponse to Craig. I'm not justifying using cigarette's in a show by denying the harm to does to peoples health. What I'm saying is if it si something that clearly bothers the wider community then put a warning notice in the flyers - like they do for strobe lighting and the likes. Also, it was once fashionable to smoke and I will stick to my belief that if you are portraying a character in a time period where smoking was acceptable and it is something you, as an actor, feel would help you get into character then why not? It's like playing Sherlock Holmes wihtout smoking a pipe. . .it could potentially feel strange. ~ Tari Inside every adult is the child that was and inside every child is the adult that will be. (John Connolly)

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