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5. Smoking and jewelry

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:26 AM

Dec 6

Smoking was a standard in movies. Not only did the leads smoke but people in the background (extras) smoked too.

I’m not sure if Edward Bernays was part of this but the point of Hollywood stars wearing massive shiny jewelry on the “red carpet” was for the female to look at their male with a “well Elizabeth Taylor can have THAT would it hurt YOU to buy ME something?”
In the post war 50’s where high school couples often married and there were tons of good paying manufacturing jobs available there were even in school presentations about jewelry to plant the seed. When I was in high school in the 80’s we had full school assemblies to sell us class rings. I never bought one because I actually have a fear of jewelry. I just don’t like it.

Edward Bernays was incredibly influential in what I’m calling commercial propaganda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

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Four Things You Need To Understand About "Hollywood" [View all] GreatGazoo Dec 6 OP

Thank you for the excellent summation. Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #1

Yes and look how much damage just ONE TV SHOW did GreatGazoo Dec 6 #3

NBC Foisted Trump on America Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #6

Very Informative jfz9580m Dec 6 #15

Absolutely right on! pandr32 Dec 6 #2

David Boies as lawyer for Napster argued that due to the growing dominance of media companies GreatGazoo Dec 6 #4

Spectators you say? BattleRow Dec 6 #14

An excellent question. ancianita Dec 6 #20

Smoking and jewelry underpants Dec 6 #5

Fear of jewelry: kosmemophobia. hay rick Dec 6 #7

Nope. underpants Dec 6 #9

Wow, you learn something new every day. meadowlander Dec 6 #19

Your post jogged a memory of the Jostens people coming to my high school. Xavier Breath Dec 6 #10

Exactly. I never bought a letter jacket either underpants Dec 6 #11

Our school colors were red and gray, which made for an ugly gray wool jacket with red trim. Xavier Breath Dec 6 #13

Edward Bernays was Sigmund Freuds nephew,btw. BattleRow Dec 6 #16

Yeah. He applied Freudian elements to his PR/group psychology underpants Dec 6 #17

So much entertainment focuses on the exploits of demented and predatory people. hay rick Dec 6 #8

I disagree with the wording of #4, because "you" ARE the customer. BUT you are also the product. AZJonnie Dec 6 #12

How can one be a customer of Facebook if one never pays Facebook? GreatGazoo Dec 6 #21

You are still a customer in the sense that the product that they create has to appeal to you AZJonnie Dec 6 #23

Great commentary GG popsdenver Dec 6 #18

Also there's a LOT of fascists in Hollywood. Initech Dec 6 #22

If I can't make the advertising go away I don't watch television. hunter Dec 6 #24