Speaker: Kathleen Parker is a straight-forward and concise columnist who states her opinion and viewpoints clearly so that the audience can immediately know her stance on the topic. In this column, however, she has the voice of a movie critic because the topic is about the upcoming movie, "Noah". Based on her voice and style, she knows the movie's details and plots well and she watched other major movies, such as "Titanic".
Occasion: "Noah" is a new biblical movie by Paramount and will be released on March 28th (U.S). Although the movie is not played in theaters yet, controversy has been boiling up, especially in the Middle East. Muslim countries, especially United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, have banned the movie because the movie depicts a prophet in which they disapprove.
Audience: The main target audience includes American movie lovers and pious and religious people (including those who may find the movie offending due to its religious context). Her argument about "Noah" mainly targets the religious people think the movie is inappropriate.
Purpose: Parker wants to let the public know that the movie "Noah" is not meant to offend anyone, especially the Muslims who take their religion seriously. The movie is only meant for entertainment and money, not gaining/attracting religious worship.
Subject: The topics are movies and religion because "Noah" is a new and popular movie that is religious. Because this new film is religion-based, it is causing controversy throughout pious nations around the world.
Tone: The tone is calm (in a casual way) and slightly sarcastic because she is explaining what the movie is about, who the actors are, and controversy. She describes the controversy issue sarcastically towards the end of her column, which gives it a little humor.
The audience of Parker's piece on the movie "Noah" is mainly targeted at religious and pious people who find the movie offending and threatening due to its religious context and prophet. Although it is also targeted at American movie lovers who enjoyed watching past major films such as "Lord of the Rings" , "Gladiator", and "Titanic", Parker's main argument and voice is speaking mainly towards the religious people, such as Muslims. Because Muslims follow their religion strictly, the movie conflicts with Islam's views and beliefs, which caused the U.A.E, Qatar, and Bahrain to ban the movie. Not only did these Muslim nations ban the movie, but the National Religious Broadcasters threatened to boycott the film unless Paramount officially states and approves that the film is not a real interpretation of the Genesis story. Because of the major religious controversy over the movie, Parker points out that the film is not meant to offend anyone religiously. The main point of the film is to offer entertainment consisting action and love and make money. She clearly states "the film is art, neither executed nor to be taken literally". The movie is religious but this should not conflict with religious people's views because it contains content that may violate their religion. Her main point to make towards the audience is that it is just a movie and they should just enjoy it because there is no point of arguing and disagreeing with the content because it is fictional and only made to provide entertainment and make money (because the actors include Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson, which will eventually persuade many people to watch the movie). Her tone in this column also supports the fact that her main target audience is religious people (Muslims) because her voice is formal although her casual style can still be seen throughout it and her sarcasm is not as crude as it is in previous columns. This shows that she is being serious and wants to appeal to her target audience formally and successfully persuade them to enjoy the movie and understand that it is not meant to offend other religions.
Occasion: "Noah" is a new biblical movie by Paramount and will be released on March 28th (U.S). Although the movie is not played in theaters yet, controversy has been boiling up, especially in the Middle East. Muslim countries, especially United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, have banned the movie because the movie depicts a prophet in which they disapprove.
Audience: The main target audience includes American movie lovers and pious and religious people (including those who may find the movie offending due to its religious context). Her argument about "Noah" mainly targets the religious people think the movie is inappropriate.
Purpose: Parker wants to let the public know that the movie "Noah" is not meant to offend anyone, especially the Muslims who take their religion seriously. The movie is only meant for entertainment and money, not gaining/attracting religious worship.
Subject: The topics are movies and religion because "Noah" is a new and popular movie that is religious. Because this new film is religion-based, it is causing controversy throughout pious nations around the world.
Tone: The tone is calm (in a casual way) and slightly sarcastic because she is explaining what the movie is about, who the actors are, and controversy. She describes the controversy issue sarcastically towards the end of her column, which gives it a little humor.
The audience of Parker's piece on the movie "Noah" is mainly targeted at religious and pious people who find the movie offending and threatening due to its religious context and prophet. Although it is also targeted at American movie lovers who enjoyed watching past major films such as "Lord of the Rings" , "Gladiator", and "Titanic", Parker's main argument and voice is speaking mainly towards the religious people, such as Muslims. Because Muslims follow their religion strictly, the movie conflicts with Islam's views and beliefs, which caused the U.A.E, Qatar, and Bahrain to ban the movie. Not only did these Muslim nations ban the movie, but the National Religious Broadcasters threatened to boycott the film unless Paramount officially states and approves that the film is not a real interpretation of the Genesis story. Because of the major religious controversy over the movie, Parker points out that the film is not meant to offend anyone religiously. The main point of the film is to offer entertainment consisting action and love and make money. She clearly states "the film is art, neither executed nor to be taken literally". The movie is religious but this should not conflict with religious people's views because it contains content that may violate their religion. Her main point to make towards the audience is that it is just a movie and they should just enjoy it because there is no point of arguing and disagreeing with the content because it is fictional and only made to provide entertainment and make money (because the actors include Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson, which will eventually persuade many people to watch the movie). Her tone in this column also supports the fact that her main target audience is religious people (Muslims) because her voice is formal although her casual style can still be seen throughout it and her sarcasm is not as crude as it is in previous columns. This shows that she is being serious and wants to appeal to her target audience formally and successfully persuade them to enjoy the movie and understand that it is not meant to offend other religions.