The movie "Roger and me" by Michael Moore is a documentary about Roger Smith’s takeover of General Motors in the late 1980’s. Moore documents the transition from prosperity to poverty in the city of Flint‚ Michigan. There are three different angles from which to look at the situation in Flint. These three different angles are a conflict theorist’s view‚ a functional analysis’ view‚ and a symbolic interactionist’s view. The first view‚ conflict theory‚ is looking at who has the power‚ how they’re
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The movie Roger and me by Michael Moore is a documentary about Roger metalworkers takeover of General Motors in the late 1980s. Moore documents the transition from successfulness to poverty in the city of Flint‚ Michigan. There are deuce-ace different angles from which to look at the situation in Flint. These terzetto different angles are a departure theorists view‚ a functional analysis view‚ and a symbolic interactionists view. The archetypal view‚ conflict theory‚ is looking at who has the power
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Jayme Watkins Professor Claus Soc 2510 27 april 2016 Roger and Me Take Home Essay “Roger and Me” was a film that was produced in 1989 by director Michael Moore. Moore was born and raised in Flint‚ Michigan. This film shows the people of Flint and the hard times they endured during a time of major layoffs and job unemployment due to GM closing multiple factories. This documentary shows different outlooks of society and the basic sociology of Flint‚ Michigan. It shows very good examples of Class
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Roger and Me Final Essay SOCY191-02 Stephanie Williams The movie “Roger and Me” by Michael Moore is a documentary film about Roger Smith’s takeover of General Motors in the late 1980’s. Michael Moore documents the change in the movie from the economy in the city of Flint‚ Michigan. He attempts to find Roger and meet with him and talk about General Motors and the changes that have been made. He wanted to convince him that the changes were devastating Flint. Michael Moore has a hard time finding
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Roger and Me is a documentary starring Michael Moore that reveals the hard hitting economic impact General Motors left on Flint‚ Michigan. Throughout the film it is clear that General Motors was a huge factor in Flint’s financial system and slowly by surely it becomes evident that many of the residents living in Flint were eventually someway shape or form affected by layoffs from General Motors. These layoffs came from General Motors attempt to adopt the concept of globalization‚ all the while General
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Jessica Armstrong Sociology 111 Term Paper Sociology and Me As a child and most of my adolescent years‚ both of my parents were my primary care takers. My mother worked in an industrial society where the labor union was present‚ making air craft engines for Rolls Royce. My father has always drove some kind of truck‚ whether it be a semi or a dump truck. My mom usually worked long hours and most of the time seven days a week so my dad was home with us from the time we got out of school until
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In the film Roger and Me‚ Michael Moore tells the story of the exploitation of the numerous workers in his hometown‚ Flint‚ Michigan. He follows the numerous employees of General Motors who have lost their jobs and consequently‚ tries to contact the power steering CEO of General Motors‚ Roger Smith. Smith closed down a large amount of the auto plants in Flint causing thousands of workers to be unemployed. Moore makes an attempt at demonstrating to Smith the harsh reality of the demise of Moore’s
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Documentary Film and the Power of Interrogation: "American Dream" &"Roger and Me" Author(s): Miles Orvell Reviewed work(s): Source: Film Quarterly‚ Vol. 48‚ No. 2 (Winter‚ 1994-1995)‚ pp. 10-18 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1213092 . Accessed: 09/12/2012 08:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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1. Discussion of Plot Roger & Me‚ a Michael Moore documentary‚ takes place in Flint‚ Michigan. It begins by highlighting a spirited and successful community and goes on to show the transformation and decline after General Motors closes their plant‚ leaving approximately 30‚000 people unemployed. Michael Moore attempts to locate Roger Smith‚ chairman of GM‚ to show him the aftermath of the shutdown to the town of Flint. Evictions are at an all-time high‚ sometimes totaling 24 evictions in one
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Roger and Me Proposal and Report Writting The film Roger and me‚ by Michael Moore shows why our society is so critically flawed. Moore uses dialect throughout the film to show the true face of reality we call capitalism. It was filmed more than 20 years ago now and as sad as it is we still do see the reality of what can happen to an entire town when a plant or large corporation is moved away or closed down. Michael Moore is disguised as a TV journalist who interviews autoworkers in his hometown
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