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''Roger & Me'' is Creator/MichaelMoore's first film, released in 1989.
Moore shows the deterioration of his hometown of Flint, Michigan, following the mass shutdowns of the General Motors factories to which it was home, and his own attempts to track down Roger Bonham Smith, General Motors CEO, and bring him to Flint to see the closures' impacts firsthand. While its accuracy is disputed, the film became legend for its acerbic, poetic attacks on downsizing.
The film was the highest-grossing non-concert documentary of all time upon its release (Moore's later films ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' and ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', among others, have since out-grossed it), earned the coveted 100% rating on ''Website/RottenTomatoes'', and won an Emmy.
Moore shows the deterioration of his hometown of Flint, Michigan, following the mass shutdowns of the General Motors factories to which it was home, and his own attempts to track down Roger Bonham Smith, General Motors CEO, and bring him to Flint to see the closures' impacts firsthand. While its accuracy is disputed, the film became legend for its acerbic, poetic attacks on downsizing.
The film was the highest-grossing non-concert documentary of all time upon its release (Moore's later films ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' and ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', among others, have since out-grossed it), earned the coveted 100% rating on ''Website/RottenTomatoes'', and won an Emmy.
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''Roger & Me'' is Creator/MichaelMoore's first documentary film, released in 1989.
In the film, Moore shows the deterioration of his hometown of Flint, Michigan, following the mass shutdowns of the General Motors factories to which it was home, and documents his own attempts to track down Roger Bonham Smith, General Motors CEO, and bring him to Flint to see the closures' impactsfirsthand. firsthand.
While its accuracy is disputed, the film became legend for its acerbic, poetic attacks ondownsizing.
The film wasdownsizing. It became the highest-grossing non-concert documentary of all time upon its release (Moore's later films ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' and ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', among others, have since out-grossed it), earned the coveted 100% rating on ''Website/RottenTomatoes'', Website/RottenTomatoes, and won over 14 awards including an Emmy.
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In the film, Moore shows the deterioration of his hometown of Flint, Michigan, following the mass shutdowns of the General Motors factories to which it was home, and documents his own attempts to track down Roger Bonham Smith, General Motors CEO, and bring him to Flint to see the closures' impacts
While its accuracy is disputed, the film became legend for its acerbic, poetic attacks on
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* AntiClimax: In a way. Michael's interview with Roger, which he was building to the whole movie, is incredibly brief, as Michael only gets to ask him a few questions before Roger walks away. However, this also reinforces one of the points of the movie: That the rich are inaccessible and unsympathetic to the working class.
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* AntiClimax: In a way. Michael's [[spoiler:Michael's interview with Roger, which he was building to the whole movie, is incredibly brief, as Michael only gets to ask him a few questions before Roger walks away. However, this also reinforces one of the points of the movie: That that the rich are inaccessible and unsympathetic to the working class.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, whose downsizing helped send Flint into decline. Beyond Flint, [[PointyHairedBoss his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality of the cars)]], and he was named history's fifth worst auto chief by ''[[http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/04/03/worst-auto-ceos.fortune/6.html Fortune]]'' in 2013. He even threatened to pull advertising funds from any TV station that offered interviews to Michael Moore.
-->'''Moore''': [''Narrating''] [Roger Smith] appeared to have a brilliant plan: First, close eleven factories in the U.S., then open eleven in Mexico where you pay the workers seventy cents an hour. Then, use the money you've saved by building cars in Mexico to take over other companies, preferably high-tech firms and weapons manufacturers. Next, tell the union you're broke and they happily agree to give back a couple billion dollars in wage cuts. You then take that money from the workers, and eliminate their jobs by building more foreign factories. Roger Smith was [[SarcasmMode a true genius]].
-->'''Moore''': [''Narrating''] [Roger Smith] appeared to have a brilliant plan: First, close eleven factories in the U.S., then open eleven in Mexico where you pay the workers seventy cents an hour. Then, use the money you've saved by building cars in Mexico to take over other companies, preferably high-tech firms and weapons manufacturers. Next, tell the union you're broke and they happily agree to give back a couple billion dollars in wage cuts. You then take that money from the workers, and eliminate their jobs by building more foreign factories. Roger Smith was [[SarcasmMode a true genius]].
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, whose downsizing helped send Flint into decline. Beyond Flint, [[PointyHairedBoss his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality of the cars)]], and he was named history's fifth worst fifth-worst auto chief by ''[[http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/04/03/worst-auto-ceos.fortune/6.html Fortune]]'' in 2013. He even threatened to pull advertising funds from any TV station that offered interviews to Michael Moore.
-->'''Moore''':[''Narrating''] [''narrating''] [Roger Smith] appeared to have a brilliant plan: First, close eleven factories in the U.S., then open eleven in Mexico where you pay the workers seventy cents an hour. Then, use the money you've saved by building cars in Mexico to take over other companies, preferably high-tech firms and weapons manufacturers. Next, tell the union you're broke and they happily agree to give back a couple billion dollars in wage cuts. You then take that money from the workers, and eliminate their jobs by building more foreign factories. Roger Smith was [[SarcasmMode a true genius]].
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** A pretty depressing one. On Christmas Eve, 1988, at GM's Christmas party, Roger Smith gives a speech on how the holiday brings out people's inner generosity and warmth. It's intercut with footage of Deputy Sheriff Fred Ross evicting families from their homes.
** Used again with Moore talking about how ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' was "Wholesome family entertainment". Cut to host Bob Eubanks (whom Moore also notes is a returning son of Flint 'made good', meant to give a RousingSpeech about how things will get better again) making an extremely inappropriate joke about Jewish women.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Moore fails to bring Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline. Retroactively it is also this, with Flint's continued decline and further layoffs into the twenty-first century, to which Moore's later documentaries returned, culminating in General Motors' bankruptcy in 2009, which is mentioned in ''Film/CapitalismALoveStory''.]]
** Used again with Moore talking about how ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' was "Wholesome family entertainment". Cut to host Bob Eubanks (whom Moore also notes is a returning son of Flint 'made good', meant to give a RousingSpeech about how things will get better again) making an extremely inappropriate joke about Jewish women.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Moore fails to bring Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline. Retroactively it is also this, with Flint's continued decline and further layoffs into the twenty-first century, to which Moore's later documentaries returned, culminating in General Motors' bankruptcy in 2009, which is mentioned in ''Film/CapitalismALoveStory''.]]
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** A pretty depressing one. On Christmas Eve, 1988, Eve 1988 at GM's Christmas party, Roger Smith gives a speech on how the holiday brings out people's inner generosity and warmth. It's intercut with footage of Deputy Sheriff Fred Ross evicting families from their homes.
** Used again with Moore talking about how ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' was"Wholesome "wholesome family entertainment". Cut to host Bob Eubanks (whom Moore also notes is a returning son of Flint 'made good', "made good", meant to give a RousingSpeech about how things will get better again) making an extremely inappropriate joke about Jewish women.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Moore fails to bring Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline.Retroactively Retroactively, it is also this, with Flint's continued decline and further layoffs into the twenty-first century, to which Moore's later documentaries returned, culminating in General Motors' bankruptcy in 2009, which is mentioned in ''Film/CapitalismALoveStory''.]]
** Used again with Moore talking about how ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' was
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Moore fails to bring Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline.
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* EpicFail: The Flint tourism campaign is a spectacular failure.
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* NoSympathy: How many well to do people respond to the suffering of the people of Flint. We get the usual list of excuses: They're too lazy to find other work; it sucks but the purpose of a business is to make money; just hang in there and everything will work out eventually; just move to a different state, the welfare system will work out, etc.
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* NoSympathy: How many well to do well-to-do people respond to the suffering of the people of Flint. We get the usual list of excuses: They're "they're too lazy to find other work; it sucks work", "it sucks, but the purpose of a business is to make money; just money", "just hang in there and everything will work out eventually; just eventually", "just move to a different state, the state", "the welfare system will work out, out", etc.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: In-universe, an autoworker and later journalist named Ben Hamper (a friend of Moore's) remarked that he had been listening to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys during a ''nervous breakdown''. Afterward, the song is later played over footage of Flint's continued decline, a news report about Flint's rat population exceeding its human population with all the abandoned buildings, and the end credits.
* {{Tragedy}}: Flint does not have a happy ending.
* {{Tragedy}}: Flint does not have a happy ending.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: In-universe, an autoworker and later journalist named Ben Hamper (a friend of Moore's) remarked that he had been listening to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys Music/TheBeachBoys during a ''nervous breakdown''. Afterward, the song is later played over footage of Flint's continued decline, a news report about Flint's rat population exceeding its human population with all the abandoned buildings, and the end credits.
* %%* {{Tragedy}}: Flint does not have a happy ending.
