Thank You for SmokingRhetorical Analysis: Thank You for Not SmokingThe film Thank You for Smoking is a dark joke that follows a signatory, Nick Naylor, in favor of the tobacco industry. Tough comedies take a serious topic and make light of it through mockery. A worthy example of rhetoric can be found in Thank You for Smoking during a scene in which Nick Naylor makes an argument against placing a skull and crossbones label on every pack of cigarettes. Senator Finistirre did so during a hearing before a congressional committee led by Vermont. Naylor's audience consists of the committee and members of the public, including his young son. Naylor is defending a controversial idea with controversial evidence and support, whether it goes against what he believes or not. Naylor's morality is called into question. Logos, pathos, Kairos and ethos, the pillars of rhetoric, can be found throughout Naylor's defence. Rhetorical errors can also be found throughout the sequence. Nick Naylor's claim was that warning labels should not be put on a product that people already knew was dangerous. Correlating with Naylor's statement, Naylor's mandate appears to be that people should decide for themselves. If someone knows that a product is potentially dangerous, it should be up to the consumer to decide whether to use it. Furthermore, throughout the speech Nick Naylor provides seemingly legitimate arguments to support his cause and Big Tobacco. When the committee raised the topic of parenting, Nick Naylor rightly spoke on the topic as he is the father of a young son. Nick Naylor also takes full responsibility for his son's education. Like when Naylor defends cigarettes and his parenting, Naylor tends to use some fallacies to support many of his arguments. Naylor has more of a claim to having ethics, but is not necessarily the best example of a