Cultural references to absinthe
The legacy of absinthe as a mysterious, addictive, and mind-altering drink continues to this day. Though its psychoactive effects and chemical makeup are contested, its cultural impact is not. Absinthe has played a notable role in the fine art movements of Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Surrealism, Modernism, Cubism and in the corresponding literary movements. The legendary drink has more recently appeared in movies, video, television, music, and contemporary literature. The modern absinthe revival has had a notable effect on its portrayal. It is often shown as an unnaturally glowing green liquid demonstrating the influence of contemporary  marketing efforts. Arts. Absinthe has a widely documented role in 19th-century visual art and was frequently the subject of many genre paintings and still lifes of the day. Film. A 1914 silent film, "Absinthe" starred King Baggot as a Parisian artist who becomes addicted to absinthe and is driven to robbery and murder. A number of films such as "EuroTrip", "Girls Trip", and "Moulin Rouge!" have featured hallucination sequences after characters imbibe absinthe, in reference to the drink's mythical hallucinogenic properties. "EuroTrip" and "Moulin Rouge!" include personifications of the "green fairy" in these sequences, played by Steve Hytner  and Kylie Minogue, respectively. Literature. Classic literature. As prominent as absinthe's influence on visual art was, it is perhaps even more noteworthy in the context of 19th-century literature. Below is a short list of important authors who credited a portion of their literary success to the drink. Marie Corelli's "" (1890) was a popular novel about a Frenchman driven to murder and ruin after being introduced to absinthe. Corelli intended it as a morality tale on the dangers of the drink, with one contemporary scholar comparing it to the anti-drug propaganda film "Reefer Madness". The book was  speculated to have contributed to subsequent bans of absinthe in Europe and the United States. Contemporary literature. Instinctively he walked back across the Ring to Sachers. There he went up to his room, sat on his bed for a while, then rang for the waiter and ordered a double Absinthe. When it arrived, he added sugar and water and slowly drank the opal fluid. It had no more perceptible kick in it than lime juice, or a diluted paregoric cough mixture which it resembled in flavour, but he knew it had hidden properties which would act like a drug in  clearing and accelerating his brain.