Rhetorical Analysis on Heidi Klum’s Carl’s Jr. Commercial
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The Carl’s Jr. “Jim Beam Bourbon Burger” featuring the beautiful Heidi Klum, is one of the company’s top ten commercials. It begins with the model dressed as a parody of Mrs.Robinson's from the movie “The Graduate”. She continues the commercial by asking a young man name Benjamin, located across the room if he likes bourbon burgers; then takes a big sexual yet nice bite of the burger in her hand. Walking across the room she stops the young man from leaving while shoving the burger into his mouth to bite. He then notices and confronts Ms. Klum of trying to seduce him as she gently touches on her body. The narrator for the commercial then says, “ With a taste of bourbon, it’ll make a man out of you.” Carl’s Jr. commercials like this one knows what crowd they are trying to reach. This commercial does a fantastic job on introducing the product and getting your attention, while making great use of pathos logos and ethos. Carl’s Jr. is an american based fast food restaurant that continues to expand in different countries. The restaurant was founded July 17, 1941 in Los Angeles California, by the founder Carl Karcher. Investing with his wife Margaret, Carl started off with a few hot dog carts that eventually grew into a drive-in restaurant where they decided to sale burgers. Throughout the years Carl’s Jr. continued to expand as it opened over 1,000 restaurants in fifty years. In the Late 1990’s the company started to notice the decrease in sales so they turned to their advertisement to get sales back up. Reaching out and advertising sexy models and celebrities like Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Jenny Mccarthy and Heidi Klum just to name a few, has certainly helped the company tremendously. In the commercial, the company starts with the use of pathos, an appeal to the audience based on our emotions. The commercial begins with us getting a quick view of Heidi as she