Jason Reitman's Use Of Satire In Thank You For Smoking

Thank You for Smoking is a both fierce and sophisticated satire written by Jason Reitman. The moral of the film is on the matter of cigarettes and cancer and how it is associated with the responsibility of choice. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) leads as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect America’s right to smoke -although it may kill him and others. Nick does not take sides in the matter, but rather spins the situation around in which makes all others wrong. Although the realistic acting and satirical style make the movie intriguing to watch, the plot of the movie is irrational.
The first aspect that makes Reitman’s movie intriguing was the genuine acting. Nick serves as the vice-president of the Academy of Tobacco Studies, using the skills of a debater to win over his arguments. He always has a smile on his face that makes someone wonder if he is happy or just gloating. Nick faces many
Reitman’s entertaining skills keep the satirical jabs on a regular, but not too overwhelming. The most intriguing act of satire in this film is the weekly meetings of the MOD squad (the initials stand for Merchants of Death.) Besides Nick, there is Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) who is the spokeswoman for alcohol, and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner) the spokesman for gun use. The three are proud of their public misdeeds and even joke around about it. During a slight argument between the three, Nick compares to how many people he kills a day campaigning cigarette versus how many they kill by campaigning guns and alcohol. I feel like this is irony. Nick says it as if he’s killing them with his bare hands. In reality, Reitman uses this act of satire to make the scene more intriguing and forces the viewers to use their imagination and comprehend the underlying meanings of it. I enjoyed the satire and laughed a lot, even though the jokes are sometimes bitter because there is a definite connection to our