Thank You for Smoking
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2005 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Jason Reitman |
| Cast | Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall |
| Genre | Satirical comedy |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Thank You for Smoking | – |
| Español | Gracias por fumar | Gracias por fumar |
| Français | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| Deutsch | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| Português | Obrigado por Fumar | Obrigado por Fumar |
| Italiano | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| Русский | Здесь курят | Zdes kuryat |
| 中文（简体） | 感谢你抽烟 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 感謝你抽煙 | – |
| 한국어 | 땡큐 포 스모킹 | Ttaengkyu po seumoking |
| ไทย | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| Tiếng Việt | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking |
| 日本語 | サンキュー・スモーキング | Sankyū Sumōkingu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which rhetorical victory and moral accountability collide within corporate harm defense
■ Synopsis
A tobacco lobbyist defends an industry built on public harm while teaching his son the power and danger of argument.
■ RECIPE Tags
#RhetoricalPower #MoralEvasion #CorporateHarm #PublicPersuasion #Accountability
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Argument without truth
Reason: Persuasion is separated from moral correctness and used as professional survival.
Related Film: Wag the Dog - Middle: Corporate speech against public harm
Reason: Language becomes the shield through which institutional damage is normalized.
Related Film: The Insider - Core: Skill without ethical innocence
Reason: The conclusion does not erase the talent of persuasion but exposes its moral cost.
Related Film: Michael Clayton
■ Secondary Axes
- Media framing: Public opinion is shaped less by truth than by control of the conversational frame.
Related Film: Network - Marketed harm: Systemic damage is protected through charm, abstraction, and profitable denial.
Related Film: The Big Short
■ Person
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall
■ Structural Tags
#PersuasionStructure #AccountabilityDeflection #CorporateDefense
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #2005Film #SatiricalComedy
