Author: Michael Walsh
Cinema is often at the forefront of introducing new technology to the masses.
The rise of vaping and the use of e-cigarettes on the big and small screen has been gaining ground over the last decade or so. Johnny Depp’s turn in the 2010 film The Tourist featured the star using a vape, one of the earliest to do so on screen. John Cusack is often seen using the device in the maligned but fun Drive Hard, as well as continuing the trend in David Cronenberg’s Map to the Stars. As the ubiquity of vaping increases we’re sure to see more of this on the big screen, bringing with it a thriving subculture much as the films of the 40s, 50s and 60s almost always showed smoking as a visual cue to suggest a certain attitude and mystique. It also gave them something to do with their hands…...
Cinema is often at the forefront of introducing new technology to the masses.
The rise of vaping and the use of e-cigarettes on the big and small screen has been gaining ground over the last decade or so. Johnny Depp’s turn in the 2010 film The Tourist featured the star using a vape, one of the earliest to do so on screen. John Cusack is often seen using the device in the maligned but fun Drive Hard, as well as continuing the trend in David Cronenberg’s Map to the Stars. As the ubiquity of vaping increases we’re sure to see more of this on the big screen, bringing with it a thriving subculture much as the films of the 40s, 50s and 60s almost always showed smoking as a visual cue to suggest a certain attitude and mystique. It also gave them something to do with their hands…...
- 2/28/2018
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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