# cocaine in movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-in-movies/207489>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-in-movies/207489 "2003-10-15T01:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-in-movies/207489/1 "2003-10-15T01:20:34Z")

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In many movies I’ve seen, a character snorts lines of coke on a mirror. Why a mirror? Is it some kind of symbolic thing or does it reflect (pun intended) on a real life custom?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-in-movies/207489/2 "2003-10-15T01:29:03Z")

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A smooth surface would be the best choice for cutting “lines” (i.e. forming small lines of powder with a razor blade prior to snorting with a straw or rolled-up dollar bill) and a glass tabletop would be the best choice.

As for the mirror, it makes you look like you got _more_ blow, man!