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ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Will Stay True to the 1960s — With One Big Exception

Aug 8, 2011  •  Post A Comment

ABC’s new drama “Pan Am” is making a point of re-creating the mood of the 1960s, much in the way that the show it’s often compared to — AMC’s “Mad Men” — has succeeded in capturing the feel of that decade.

But “Pan Am” is making one big concession to more modern sensibilities: Despite the fact that smoking on Pan Am flights was a regular thing in the 1960s, the new show will not depict any of the principals smoking cigarettes on flights or in the terminals, reports Entertainment Weekly.

There will be some extras with cigarettes, but the stars, including Christina Ricci and Margot Robbie, won’t light up.

According to executive producer Thomas Schlamme, "It’s an enormous impressionable element. It’s the one revisionist cheat."

In contrast to "Pan Am," the 1960s characters on "Mad Men" smoke frequently.

“Pan Am” is set to premiere Sept. 25.

 

5 Comments

  1. That is the difference between cable and network. ABC would have taken a lot of grief from the activists.

  2. Having unprotected sex is incredibly impressionable too, but let’s all count the ABC shows that feature condom usage.
    Ready, and… oh well.
    It’s just that smoking isn’t PC; sex of course is always marketable.

  3. Having unprotected sex is incredibly impressionable too, but let’s all count the ABC shows that feature condom usage.
    Ready, and… oh well.
    It’s just that smoking isn’t PC; sex of course is always marketable.

  4. You are right on, Bill. If you want to be realistic, have a lot of smoking and less sex. I’m sure that the show will be very PC, as will Charlie’s Angels.

  5. Just more Hollywood PC run amok. The smoking, drinking and sex of Mad Men are part of its edgy success. The case might as well be smoking electronic cigarettes. I’ve tried several brands and enjoy them, so see http://www.ecigwerks.blogspot.com for more.

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