what were the pills. . .


. . .that Alma keeps popping throughout the movie? You get the idea they were tranquilizers or sleeping pills but does anyone ever come out and identify them by name?

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Amytal.

More commonly known as "truth serum."

Nicely explains why Alma (who lies and lies and lies and lies and lies; Alma is defined by her lies, and her lies are the "Smoke" in the title) pours her heart out to John at the worst times, doesn't it?



-Juror #8

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lies and lies and lies and lies and lies? where did you get that from?

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Where'd I get "lies and lies and lies"? From the script.

Read the play this is based on. Read the parallel universe rewrite Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Alma lies. A lot.

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i've seen eccentricities of a nightingale with blythe danner. alma is considerably MORE open and honest,practically wearing her heart on her sleeve. what exactly are these lies you keep refering to?

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