Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking, a 2006 screenplay directed by Jason Reitman based on the 1994 satirical novel authored by Christopher Buckley, epitomizes satire. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Katie Holmes, J.K. Simmons, Rob Lowe, Robert Duvall, and many other A-list actors in prominent roles, Thank You for Smoking featured a strong cast of interesting and dynamic characters. Thank You for Smoking centers around the life of Nick Naylor, a smooth-talking lobbyist who works for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. In his job, he is responsible for uncovering questionable evidence and speaking on behalf of “Big Tobacco.” In his testimonies he conducts before Congress, committees, and panels, he emphasizes free choice and lack of causation of major illnesses in defense…

The film Thank You for Smoking is a comedy that follows a lobbyist, Nick Naylor, for the tobacco industry. Nick Naylor is the main character who is the rhetor. This comedy takes a serious topic, and makes it more at ease through mockery. A good example of rhetoric can be found in Thank You for Smoking during a scene where Nick Naylor conveys an argument about the objection to placing a skull and crossbones label on every pack of cigarettes. Baylor makes sure to deliver this argument in front of…

The film, Thank you for Smoking, is about a man named Nick Naylor, who promotes smoking for his career as a well known tobacco spokesperson. As the primary spokesperson for his company, it is his job to present smoking as a positive and relaxing gesture that everyone should participate in. Nick’s devotion to his career is made prevalent once he tells a fifteen-year-old boy with cancer than he should still smoke, regardless of his health condition. In addition, Nick Naylor is also trying to be…

Avery McCarty AP Environmental Science Karl Kurz 18 December 2017 “Thank You For Smoking” The movie, “Thank You For Smoking” deals with a lobbyist, Nick Naylor, who is apart of a huge tobacco company that is for smoking and selling cigarette products. Nick has a young son named Joey and explains to him the beauty of argument. He tells him that if you can find a way to sell people on what you believe in and make them think they are wrong, you will always win the argument. This is the type of…

Thank You For Smoking Movie Extra Credit The movie “Thank You For Smoking” showed a man, Nick Naylor, and his job as the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies, in which he was supposed to inform the public on information of research into effects of tobacco. Yet since he worked for a tobacco company, he had to justify the positive side of a substance that was the cause of the most deaths in America. I didn’t really like the movie that much, but I did like the acting. I thought the main…

Thank you for Smoking Movie In the movie, “Thank you for Smoking,” the main character is Nick Naylor, who is lobbyist for the cigarette industry. This movie is a bit dark but I would also consider it to be a comedy. Nick speaks on behalf of the cigarette industry and does not leave out the American Government or the media. From the get go, the movie confronts the previously mentioned topics but underneath it also portrays the relationship between a father and son. One evening during a…

“Thank You for Smoking!” -email or hand it in class -typed or hand written Answer at least 3 for 15 pts: Up to 30 pts possible (5 pts max per question) -3-4 sentences a piece -Due Mon. Nov 9 How does Nick use ‘ethos’ to his advantage? (charisma, character, competence) Nick uses his charisma and character when he talked to the committee about the cigarettes danger labels. He appeals to them as a professional who is well dressed and spoke rhetorically. Because Naylor is the…

Satire is the 'safest' way to contradict another person’s statements/ actions/ beliefs through use of humour, irony, exaggeration, and ridicule. Satire highlights key topical issues in society and identifies their flaws. It inspires some, and it'll offend some. Such is life. It's not easy being the perpetrator of a damaging ideal, only to have a mirror held up with the ugliest parts of our humanity reflected back. Thank You for smoking, released in theatres March 2006, is dark satire disguised…

Part A Our group chose to discuss rhetoric and sophistry amongst characters in Thank You for Smoking (Rietman 2006) and to what extent does the film present an ethical argument. Upon analysing Naylor’s, Finistirre’s and Holloway’s speech, it was prudent to first establish the context for the audience’s ease of understanding. As the producer, I discussed the marketing and production aspects of the film, providing the quantitative figures. More importantly, I establish Reitman’s motivations and…

galloping through the gravel like an invisible horse carried her, so innocent, and kind. Fun fact for you, young children have the purest souls of all ages than by the time their sixteen they become corrupted and full of despair. Yet I laugh in my own mind, when I think about how even in death a person we saw once in our lifetime who wasn’t that important,…