# Is Debra Harry High In This Video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673 "2019-10-12T07:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673/21 "2019-10-12T15:59:42Z")
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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673/22 "2019-10-12T22:40:01Z")
Another vote for “I knew which video was in the OP’s link before even clicking on it.” 😃 > [@Jim\_B](#): > > What do the rest of you think? And BTW, she is in _Studio 54_, which was notorious for its drug use. So it’s not as far-fetched as you may think. It wasn’t actually shot in Studio 54, though the exterior shot of that club’s sign was undoubtedly meant to lead you to believe so. [As per the song’s entry on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Glass_(song)#Music_video): > [@](#): > > The “Heart of Glass” promotional video was directed by Stanley Dorfman. Contrary to popular belief, it was not filmed at the Studio 54 nightclub; Chris Stein said that “in the video, there’s a shot of the legendary Studio 54, so everyone thought we shot the video there, but it was actually in a short-lived club called the Copa or something”. Also, while I agree that Debbie often had that sort of tired/bored/stoned style in her videos (and she may well have been high during the shoot, for all the reasons already posted), there’s an interesting quote from her in that Wikipedia article: > [@](#): > > “For the video, I wanted to dance around but they told us to remain static, while the cameras moved around. God only knows why. Maybe we were too clumsy.” ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673/23 "2019-10-12T23:33:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Also, while I agree that Debbie often had that sort of tired/bored/stoned style in her videos (and she may well have been high during the shoot, for all the reasons already posted), there’s an interesting quote from her in that Wikipedia article: I like this quote as well: _Jess Harvell wrote that while "owning your own copy of ‘Heart of Glass’ may not seem as cool [anymore]… there’s the always luminous Deborah Harry, who would give boiling asparagus an erotic charge, all while looking too bored to live._ It’s pretty apropos comment IMHO :). As **Blank Slate** noted above she wasn’t necessarily a dynamic performer and she had that deadpan, I-don’t-give-a-shit stare perfected. Even as an actress her characters often came off as a bit detached and bored, but also wryly amused, which I think worked well for her. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673/24 "2019-10-13T00:09:16Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > yeah, I guessed before clicking which one it was and it was pretty much her “thing”, effortless cool even when a little awkward and weird. > > I confess a bias of course. “Paralell Lines” was the first album I ever bought and she was was first star crush, not a bad place to start I don’t think. Blondie was the first concert I ever went to. Opening act was Nick Lowe (!). Man, was that an awesome first concert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debra-harry-high-in-this-video/841673.md?page=1)