Budweiser Rhetorical Analysis

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King of Beers Budweiser Beer has been around since the late 1800s. It has been one of the biggest names in brewery for a long time, and coined the name “King of Beers” in the mid 1900s. This advertisement appeared twice, first, September 7, 1963 in the Saturday Evening Post and second, September 20, 1963 in Life Magazine. This advertisement’s main focus is to show that Budweiser beer is a great way to top off the day, and is targeting at younger men, fun, togetherness, and American spirit. The top headline for the ad says “This calls for Budweiser”. Budweiser is in the biggest text on the page and each letter is purple, green, or red. This ad emphasizes on color. It is a very colorful and bright picture and consisting of a lot of primary colors. The reds, yellows, and oranges give off an energetic and bold feel. There is a young couple at the midway, looking very ecstatic. The man is holding a hotdog close to the woman’s face as he is trying to feed it to her. Meanwhile she is leaning up against a booth hysterically laughing. Next to the couple a man with black glasses wearing a white shirt, hat, and apron has a red booth full of hot dogs, a few Budweiser bottles, and is pouring them mugs of Budweiser beer. That part of the image is supposed to be very American. You can see a carnival setting faintly in the background. The young man with his back towards the reader has brunette short hair, wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, a belt, and a watch. He is also holding what looks like a red prize, they won at the midway. His face is not showing turned towards the girl. The woman is wearing a yellow rain coat, a red scarf, and a tan hat. She has shoulder length blonde hair and bright red lips. The bottom of the advertisement over top the bottom of the picture says “the midway…” in a yellow medium sized text. Right under the text says in white smaller font “A perfect day,
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