Monday, October 26, 2009
Disney Smokes Hookah, So Should You!!
So, I could not believe this little clip of an animated caterpillar smoking hookah in a childs movie. Although, it is Disney so the fact that they would include this in one of their films is not surprising by any means. Despite the fact though it makes me wonder why they decided to put this in the movie. Why wasn't the caterpillar smoking a cigarette, or not smoking at all? I wonder if it is related the fact that it is a "magical" world and hookah is perceived as a somewhat magical experience? Maybe there is no significance to putting this in the movie, maybe they just felt like it. It doesn't really seem like it would even phase kids though, I know when I watched it I didn't say, "Oh look it's hookah!" I wonder since hookah is becoming more popular if kids that watch it in a few years will recognize the device. Johnny Depp is playing in an unanimated remake of Alice and Wonderland, I wonder if they will have a real hookah in the movie?
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Part of the reason there is a hookah in the film is because that how it was in the book written by Lewis Carroll (an Englishman) back in 1865. A hookah, at that time, was certainly considered a very exotic item, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the original title) is full of strange and exotic people, places, and objects. There are also numerous other drug references, the most obvious being the eating of mushrooms that make you grow taller and shorter.
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