In the video "Rock and Roll" the appeal to ethos begins right away. He is dressed differently from the people around him, and acting different by moving along and singing with the music. Despite some of their initial sour responses to him, he always holds a smile on his face. This shows us that he is a happy guy, who is also carefree. He doesn't care if he doesn't fit in, which is also what the lyrics of this song are about. The song is about two people who, it says "if they want to rock they rock, and if they want to roll they roll" meaning they are also carefree and don't worry about fitting in. Him and the people in the lyrics just care about having a good time for themselves, not about the norms. The appeal to ethos is very effective because of how the lyrics and his actions line up.
The appeal to pathos is intended to make the audience feel happiness and even humor. The humor is seen by all the stereotypes shown throughout this video, and also how they react to him. For example, at one point they show one man in a business suit dancing along with him, right next to another man in a business suit who is stiff and without emotion. Just the thought of these business men dressed as they are in this long line is odd, but having the two total opposites right next to each other makes the stiff one look funny. The way Eric Hutchinson moves with a little bounce, and a smile on his face projects the happiness on to the people at the front of the line, or at the end of the video, but also onto the audience who watch the video. By showing all the happy and carefree people, they are using pathos to give us the same emotion. This is achieved because smiles are contagious. I can never watch this music video and stay in a bad mood.
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