In Meredith Wilson's 1957 Broadway hit, "The Music Man", Professor Harold Hill forcefully pushes people's buttons to instigate irrational fear in hopes to achieve his corrupt commercial purpose. In the famous song "Ya Got Trouble," Hill conveys a pleasant summary of fallacious arguments. His logic and assumptions to the people of River City can be evaluated and challenged with research. In a spew of decoys and logical fallacies, research indicates that Hill's melodic concoction includes a slippery slope, a red herring, and ignorance.
             Throughout the song, it's evident that there are fallacies that result from oversimplifying. More specifically, the slippery slope fallacy can be detected as Hill makes an assumption with little to no evidence. "I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle." (The Music Man), is an example of oversimplifying. Hill states that children who intake medicinal wine for treating illness will eventually resort to drinking beer, which has negative effects on the body. His argument frightens the folks of River City because they wouldn't want the consequence of drinking beer to occur. However, as a member of an omniscient audience, one can clearly understand that this fear does not issue an adequately good reason to avoid medicinal wine. Leaving a gap between medicinal wine and beer lets the audiences use their own discretion to try and understand the negative effects. This causes the argument to weaken as he uses simplicity to describe an important matter.
             In addition, Hill continues to display logical fallacies as he tends to stray from the real issue he's presenting. He tries changing the course of attention by establishing an entirely different issue in order to present acceptable logic. The following excerpt is an example, "Not a wholesome trottin' race, no! But a race where they set down right on the horse! Like to see some stuck-up jockey'boy sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your bl...