Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) | Re: The producers of the forthcoming movie 3003 will be most likely to max

Can anyone give me their opinion?

The author of the argument claims that it would be in the best interests of the producers of the movie 3003 to pay the actor Robin Good several million dollars to star in it. However, his argument is flawed because the claim is filled with gaps and fallacies which weaken his conclusion. These points are discussed below.

To begin, the argument commits a cause-effect fallacy when it implies that 3003 will be very financially successful if Robin Good were to star in it; just because the movies he starred in were successful doesn't necessarily mean that the movies he will star in will also be successful. In other words, it might be the case (for whatever reasons) that this movie will flop even with him starring in it, hence wasting all the money paid for him to star in it. It could even be the case that 3003 would be wildly successful without him.

Furthermore, to maximize profits, one does not necessarily have to pay the biggest amounts to the actors,
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Statistics : Posted by danymasri98 • on 03 Aug 2011, 01:42 • Replies 63 • Views 19311

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