Lynda Carter for the Win

[Norbert]

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[jimfields33]

1. Perhaps movies do have a responsibility as well

They got rid of cigarettes on film. Let’s do the same for guns.

[Beachnutt]

2. What cigarette commercial used to say

"I'd rather fight than switch" ?

[The Unmitigated Gall]

4. Tarrytons?

[Beachnutt]

5. Yep, tarleton

and the guy would have a black eye...hehe

[Celerity]

11. Martha Stewart Tareyton adverts

https://www.suggest.com/martha-stewart-started-commercials-disturbing-cigarette-ad/2629324/

CNN Larry King Live

Encore Presentation: Interview with Martha Stewart, Martha Kostyra

Aired March 07, 2004

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2004-03-07/segment/00

STEWART: Oh, they were very happy and allowed me to save my money for my education. So it was all saved. And I remember making some commercials. I did a Lifebuoy soap commercial.

KING: You did?

STEWART: Well, when I was like 15.

KING: Lifebuoy, Lifebuoy.

STEWART: I played a young married. Can you imagine? As I say, I was 15-years-old. And then I did a Tareyton "I'd rather fight than switch" commercial, you know? And then I practiced smoking...

KING: You did a cigarette commercial?

STEWART: I know. I tried to smoke for a week. And when I finally made the commercial, all I had to do was hold the cigarette like that. So...

[COL Mustard]

19. I'd walk a mile for a Camel

On the booze side, I used to see the signs that said Drink Canada Dry and took it as an imperative. They always made more.

[Caliman73]

7. Have you seen Japanese movies? German? Etc...?

They all have violence including significant gun violence. The difference is that they regulate firearms in a way that The United States will not.

We can certainly have a discussion about the cultural glorification of violence. That is relevant, but to think that watching a movie with guns in it will lead to violence is not supported by research.

Also, they have not gotten rid of cigarettes in movies. What they stopped doing is making movies to advertise smoking as "cool" which is what they used to do because cigarette manufacturers sponsored television and film.

[Locrian]

14. I agree

Cigarettes got MASSIVE free advertising in movies and it definitely led to more smoking.
Guns in movies are the same - massive ads for guns, and it normalizes them as being commonplace.

Not saying it necessarily has correlation to the mass shootings - but the advertising and normalization is obvious.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Good point. There definitely IS a responsibility. Linda Carter

Obviously doesn't get the connection.

[Swede]

29. Good thing the rest of the world doesn't watch American movies.

Right?

[Maggiemayhem]

30. I see smoking on screen all the time. Movies didn't get rid of smoking.

[alittlelark]

3. LOL !!! I used to Love 'Wonder Woman' - watched every episode.

She is a class act !!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

6. Funny...I care about deforestation, and I'm not a tree.

[SpankMe]

8. The right has a low bar for hypocrisy when pointing at the left

But when a righty shows their TRUE, direct, undeniable hypocrisy, they mysteriously get a pass.

[calimary]

9. Which is why we have to point that out - LOUDER. AND more frequently!

Nagging can be annoying. But it works. You can always call it "reminding"! Or "repetition"!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. LOL

[onethatcares]

12. oh jeez

that's gonna be a hot topic around the bar tonite... "Hey Jimbob, that guy in the Lincoln commercials used prop guns in his movies. Let's get a petition up to ban that stuff".

[jimfields33]

21. Lol. Funny.

[paleotn]

13. That is just...so...perfect!

Way to go, Lynda!

[keithbvadu2]

15. And priests/pastors have given millions of sermons on sin.

And priests/pastors have given millions of sermons on sin.

[IronLionZion]

16. Plenty of gun owners support better regulations

or at least I hope they do.

But no, RWers don't know reality from fiction. Their whole world is fiction and full of "alternative facts" to shut down any and all debate on improving regulations.

[Marcuse]

17. Alec Baldwin should do a PSA.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. +1

[Blue Owl]

18. K&R

[soldierant]

20. George Takei said much the same about carrying and shooting "phasers."

And other weapons.

IRL I believe - I know I have read, but have no evidence - McConaughey is a gun owner and 2nd Amendment supporter (a rational one, it would seem). But that would not undercut his remarks, but strengthen him. He;s not a dewy eyed hippie automatically and viscerally rejecting guns. He, instead, knows what he is talking about.

If that's accurate, there should be a lot more like him.

[ShazzieB]

28. You are correct.

McConaughey mentioned being a gun owner in his White House speech earlier this week. And as you said, he made it clear that he's a rational gun owner, not a gun NUT.

[soldierant]

34. Thanks.

I didn't have citations handy and while my memory is still pretty good, I don't like to rely on it too much because I value accuracy. Glad it didn't fail me this time.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. She's so cool.

I've had a crush on her since I was 13.

[ellie]

25. Geez

When Wonder Woman is against you, I think it’s time to stand down.

[C Moon]

26. A cable station was playing Wonder Woman a few years ago.

It stands up today as great campy entertainment.
I think it was more of a kid's show at the time.

Glad to hear Wonder Woman's on our side!

[sheshe2]

27. Thanks for your post, Nobert,

From some of the comments here, we need to ban movies, tv shows and Stephen King.

I appreciate Matthews words, he was near tears. He grew up there and his mom was a teacher down the street from ROBB. As for Wonder Woman.

[wryter2000]

31. I haven't seen all his movies

Did he ever gun down grandma in a grocery store because she was black? Did he ever use a semi-automatic rifle to decapitate an eleven-year-old?

[Marcuse]

32. I was so young that I saw Lynda's Wonder Woman as a mother figure.

[Upthevibe]

33. Perfect...n/t