The Dangers of Smoking

Smoking draws attention inexorably to the smoker and away from whatever mediocre dialogue he or she is forced to say. The ponderous wooden dialogue of some of the Star Wars movies, for instance, would have seemed zesty and sharp if only Yoda had dangled a marboro from his greenish lips. I suppose we screenwriters could just do a better job at writing, but when a cigarette is so handy, why not just pass one of the movies start, call it a day? And in any case, it's all part of a general fear in movies and TV and in real life that we might be boring someone. Do not be boring, honestly, is the one and