thanks capitalism

Vita 2022-03-22 09:01:26

It's not just a story about a tobacco spokesman, it's not just a history of lobbying, but most importantly, it's a reflection of how American society works. There are always some not so noble industries, such as tobacco, alcohol, arms. However, everyone is the same. On the surface, the righteous who seem to be sanctimonious are also those who fight for their own interests.

Yes, I am not noble, but how noble are you? Although Nick bribed spokespersons and asked Hollywood to insert soft broadcasts, he never admitted that he was not a good person, and those so-called "good people", reporters who exchanged their bodies for information (this violated the professional ethics of journalists), originally acted as tobacco hazards The old cowboy of the witness finally chose to remain silent in the face of money (because this is the rule of the game), the politicians strongly called for a ban on smoking, but they defended their supporters, the cheese company and the famous wine company, and the anti-tobacco extremists kidnapped Nick and plastered him. The nicotine patch...that's capitalism, everybody's doing it for their own good.

Still, who says this isn't an efficient model for keeping society functioning? Noble is the epitaph of the noble, and the mean is the pass of the mean. Everyone has the same unspeackable side, but it depends on who is less noble than the other.

However, his love for his son made this man choose to quit this competition of "who is less noble than who". He could have pursued the victory and returned to the position of the tobacco industry giant, but he chose to quit and become a public relations trainer , Anyway, his talent is talk. This is the most humorous and warm ending of the whole play.

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  • Gayle 2022-04-23 07:01:31

    Lobbyist...I'll never be able to be...

  • Hillary 2022-03-23 09:01:32

    The art of speaking.

Thank You for Smoking quotes

  • Nick Naylor: [Narrating] Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised. Can you blame them? I earn a living fronting an organizing that kills one thousand two hundred human beings a day; twelve hundred people. We're talking two jumbo jet plane loads of men, women, and children. I mean there's Attila, Genghis, and me, Nick Naylor the face of cigarettes, the colonel sanders of nicotine. This is where I work, the Academy of Tobacco Studies. It was established by seven gentlemen you may recognize from C-Span. These guys realized quick if they were gonna claim cigarettes were not addictive they better have proof. This is the man they rely on, Erhardt Von Grupten Mundt. They found him in Germany. I won't go into the details. He's been testing the link between nicotine and lung cancer for thirty years, and hasn't found any conclusive results. The man's a genius, he could disprove gravity. Then we got our sharks. We draft them out of Ivy League law schools and give them timeshares and sports cars. It's just like a John Grisham novel. Well you know without all the espionage. Most importantly we got spin control. That's where I come in. I get paid to talk. I don't have an MD or law degree. I have a baccalaureate in kicking ass and taking names. You know that guy who can pick up any girl, I'm him on crack.

  • Polly Bailey: [in a restaurant, referring to Heather] You didn't tell her about us, did you?

    Nick Naylor: Who? Heather? No!... I mean, maybe in passing.

    Polly Bailey: In passing.

    Bobby Jay Bliss: Oh God, he fucked her. I tried to warn you...

    Polly Bailey: Hey, he didn't fuck her. You didn't fuck her, did you?

    [Nick doesn't answer]

    Polly Bailey: When?

    Bobby Jay Bliss: In passing.