Movie Analysis: Roger And Me

Corporations are businesses or organizations with the rights and duties of a single person, whom is protected under the US Constitution. Roger and Me is a movie that displays that no matter what race or ethnicity you maybe when a large corporation is a life-support for a small town anything that they do will affect the individuals who live in the particular region in either a positive or negative manner. In this case Michael Moore investigates, how Generals Motors sudden closing of factors (auto plants) has resulted in the loss of approximately 30,000 individuals out of work. Mr. Moore goes on a mission to have a sit down with the CEO of GM to get to the bottom of this predicament, and to find answers in which he fails to do so. Throughout

the movie we go on a journey there are scenes of individuals losing their jobs, which lead to them being evicted out of their homes. On the flip side we also view those whom are not suffering at all, those who are just having fun through this whole crisis due to the fact that they are fortunate enough to have money. Those, whom are fortunate enough to have enough money, do not seem to care much about those that are struggling. They think that these individuals that are unemployed are lazy, one individual even stated that those whom are unemployed need to “get up in the morning and go do something” like it is so easy to find a job in Flint, Michigan. I have realized from this move that Cooperation’s do not necessarily care about us the working class, even though we are the ones who allow the company to function and make profits.
Who is to blame for a crisis like the one that has transpired in Flint, Michigan? Do we blame the government for not having a back up plan to bring this town back onto its feet, or to provide basic services to individuals whom live in this particular region find other jobs; rather than spend millions of dollars building hotels and theme parks that just end up closing. Can we blame the government for unemployment rates skyrocketing, and crime rates escalating. On the other hand should the blame be placed on General Motors, which is a billion dollar corporation for shutting down the factories in Flint, Michigan that provided jobs for a majority of those living in this particular region? GM knew that these factories were a life-support for some people and once they left the city died with these closed factories. Always have a back up plan, make sure that you have the ability to work in different fields. Invest or save your money, so that you have something to fall back on when times get hard. Those who run these large corporations will do what they have to do to make their investors happy, since this is how these CEOs make money themselves. They would take the cheaper way out everything, by bringing corporations overseas where they can pay their employees at a low salary with less benefits.

Reference:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporation