The documentary film Roger and Me, directed by Michael Moore, is an excellent documentary which is meant to portray the closing of a General Motors (GM) factory in Flint, Michigan, and its subsequent effects on the town. Using a wide variety of effective techniques, Moore seeks to elicit sympathy among the viewers of the film as he demonstrates the extreme hardships caused on the town's economics and lifestyle due to the factory's closing. In the 1980s, American factories were closing at a rapid
Roger and Me In the documentary film Roger and Me, writer/director Michael Moore takes us on a trip around Flint, Michigan, in the late 80’s, after the closing of most of the General Motors manufacturing plants in the area. The film spends a lot of time following Moore in his attempts to get a meeting with Roger Smith the then chairman of GM, as well as showing the plight of the city of Flint during and after the closings. We will identify some moral issues, real or perceived, that this film raises
The movie "Roger & Me" analyzes poverty in Flint, Michigan from a political standpoint. What happens when one of the number one job providers in the community packs up and moves away? General motors car company had been the head of Big Business in Flint Michigan 1967; as well as one of the main sources of income in the community. The movie incorporates politics in the sense of General Motors having a strong sense of power and status in society. David Easton states " the authoritative allocation
Michael Moore's Roger & Me Roger & Me is a documentary film chronicling the workings of one of the world’s largest corporations, General Motors, as it nearly turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town. In his quest to discover why GM's management and board of directors would do such a thing, filmmaker Michael Moore, a Flint native, attempts to meet the chairman, Roger Smith, and invite him out for a few beers up in Flint to "talk things over." Moore is the son of a Flint autoworker
Roger and Me is a film documenting the lives of factory workers and the town of Flint, Michigan after the GM truck factory closed in 1989. Michael Moore, the film maker and narrator, appears biased and represents one-side. This bias was aided by the lack of availability of CEO Roger Smith, and the deliberate tactical maneuvers of GM to avoid Mr. Moore and any discussion of Flint, MI. The town of Flint existed because of the factories. The biggest employer on Flint was GM and the other businesses
today. Your status in America is greatly influenced by how much money you make. We see the effects of money while reading the paper, wathshing the evening news, and in Micheal Moore’s movies. As we see in all three of Micheal Moore’s films Roger & Me, Pets or Meat, and The Big One, money can affect a society in horrible ways. The major corporations such as GM closed the doors in their plants and left 30,000 American’s without a job. Only to move their plant to a far off country and pay people
hired in American factories producing shoes, automobiles and other various goods at less than one dollar per hour. This will solve many of the problems that are mentioned in Marin’s “Helping and Hating the Homeless" and Michael Moore’s films “Roger and Me,” “Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint,” and “The Big One.” These problems include both safety and economic issues. The homeless have the ability to make the non-homeless feel threatened and unsafe (Marin.) “They are homeless, are strangers
Brief Intro Roger & Me, is a documentary that was directed by Michael Moore in 1989. The purpose of this documentary was to demonstrate the negative impact the shutdown of General Motors had on the town of Flint, Michigan. According to Michael Moore, Flint was the birthplace and former home to General Motors before Roger Smith, CEO of GM, decided to save money by closing down all the factories in Flint and opening new factories in Mexico, where labor was cheaper. Therefore, laying off over 33,000
The documentary, Roger and Me, by Michael Moore details the account of a town’s collapse after its main job supplier was eradicated. The town of Flint was long supported by a GM manufacturing plant. Multiple generations of families had been employed by this factory which was shut down by General Motors CEO and Chairman, Roger Smith. The effects of this closing can be seen in three major themes in sociology: social class within Flint became very distinct; poverty significantly increased along with
Roger & Me is a documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore, a filmmaker who has his entire family worked for the General Motors, except him. By the time the documentary was recorded, General Motors eliminated more than 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. Therefore, more than anyone, Moore acknowledged of the effect of globalization towards the citizens and so this documentary will present his perspective upon social event in Flint, Michigan. At the beginning of the documentary, Michael Moore
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
Roger and Me1 The Modes Moore Employs Roger and Me is the story of Michael Moore’s quest to right the wrong done to Flint, Michigan by Roger Smith, CEO of General Motors. GM factories closed down in Flint, resulting in unemployment for of thousands of workers. These laid off auto workers are products of generations of auto workers. GM has been a Flint way of life since the factories first opened. But, finding that operation and labor costs were substantially less in Mexico, Roger Smith filled
The Ultimate Degradation of the Powerless: Death of a Salesman and Roger and Me Different mediums can convey similar stories. This is apparent between the play, Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller and the documentary, Roger & Me, by Michael Moore. The conflict between the powerful and powerless members of society, which will be regarded in a socioeconomic scope throughout, and the theme of being naïve and unrealistic are evidently comparable and existent in both texts. The struggle amidst the
It has been a big debate if corporations have a responsibility to the communities that they are a part of. In Roger & Me, Michael Moore shows the effects of General Motors closing a plant of 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. This documentary is a perfect example to show that corporations have a responsibility to the community they are in. Moore shows that if the corporations leaves the town in the dust then the community with suffer. Corporations have a responsibility to the community they are a part
at the island. Evil slowly crept into the open. This valid point invites me to show you one of the first moments where evil attacked. Henry (a little boy on the island) was playing on the beach when several triumphant splashes in the water surrounded him. It was the arm of Roger (a character that experienced evil more than anyone) who was throwing stones at the littlun. This key point in the book illustrated how Roger began to love the power he could have over other living things. He enjoyed
his wife, two daughters, and former partner, Mr. Rogers. At the same time, the very catalyst of Lapham's ruin exonerates him. This allows Howells to reinforce Lapham's ultimate rise in the novel, despite his financial and social failures. While Silas Lapham's character shines of perfect success in the book's opening interview, we soon learn of the fault that will lead to his ruin. In a time when his company needed help, Lapham used Mr. Rogers for his capital, then pushed him out of the company
my new home. The boat trip was very rough, even to the extent of making me lose track of time. That unclean, floating mass of death was merciful enough to let me be. Too many children have suffered and died on the way to America. I miss Roger a little bit, and hope he comes soon. I'm very lonely and I don't know what I'll do to keep myself busy. Roger was nice enough to give me money to live off of until he comes to be with me. There are a lot of handsome men around here. A single woman could have
George Rogers Clark Who was George Rogers Clark? This is probably a question most people in America couldn't answer. The reason is very simple, George Rogers Clark was a hero in an age of heroism. He simply could not compare with the legends of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other Revolutionary War heroes. Clark nevertheless is very important, especially to the people of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana who became apart of the United States of America because of his great leadership
text has many positive attributes. I believe that the use of electronic text will lead to the more effectual publishing and distribution of books, but at the same time will lead to the destruction of many precious books and newspapers. Michael Rogers writes in his article “Oprah, Bill Gates, and the Future of Books: Lessons from the Premature Birth and Death of the E-book” that “Later this century, kids will be amazed to learn how we used to distribute books. Think about it. We grow entire forests
requires. Let me elaborate more on this. Let us say Roger Smith (a project manager from XYZ Construction Company) worked on a project down at Seattle for about a year and had to deal with the common problems associated with projects such as change orders, sub-contractor disputes, scope issues, and weather conditions. Roger Smith handled the Seattle project as he saw fit with prior experience and knowledge that he has about the industry. Now let us modify the situation. Let’s give Roger Smith the same