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Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936)
Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936)
1936 | Crime
Dry as a bone but straight-up hysterical, the same year that doctors were prescribing and recommending 'healthy cigarettes' to the average consumer this violently clueless scare tactic was launched unironically into the public about how "the scourge of marijuana" is destroying America's moral fiber lmfao. Honestly makes weed look fucking awesome, especially in the face of whatever puritanical bullshit people thought it was a threat to at the time and even now. The acting is full-send idiocy, these people act like meth-heads rather than people who just took one hit of bum ass 30s pot. Made me utter quotes like "damn those are some weakass buds" and "oh shit he's going 45 look out!". Obviously this is disgusting, stupid, and reprehensible to anyone with half a brain cell but shockingly has some decent cinematography and editing tricks as well as being - truthfully - not all that much more reductive and over-the-top than today's average pot PSA or Hollywood movie involving drug use. Still needs to be made fun of today, because - despite what we may think - not every idea in this laughable fear-mongering trash's head has fully dissipated over the years. Alone it's fine but this is some mega "watch with friends and goof on it" curriculum.