History Film / RogerAndMe

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, who the caused the decline of Flint with his downsizing. In RealLife his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality of the cars), and he was named History's 5th 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 gave Michael Moore inteviews.

* UpperClassTwit: The wealthy residents of Flint are portrayed as out of touch with the suffering, but they help some unemployed auto workers, by giving them jobs as ''human statues.''

* GilliganCut: A pretty depressing one. Roger Smith gives a speech on Christmas Eve on how the holiday brings out the generosity and warmth in everyone. Than we cut to families being evicted from their homes by Deputy Fred Ross.

* GiliganCut: A pretty depressing one. Roger Smith gives a speech on Christmas Eve on how the holiday brings out the generosity and warmth in everyone. Than we cut to families being evicted from their homes by Deputy Fred Ross.

* HilariousInHindsight/ HarsherInHindsight: Depending on who you ask, Tom Kay, the spokesperson the General Motors that Moore interviews, says job security cannot be achieved in a free enterprise system. Than we can an interesting subtitle after his defense of GM.

* HilariousInHindsight/HarsherInHindsight: Tom Kay, the spokesperson the General Motors that Moore interviews, says job security cannot be achieved in a free enterprise system. Than we can an interesting subtitle.

* {{Biopic}}: The first part of the documentary is about Moore's own life, from his childhood in Flint, to his work as a journalist, and his firing from Mother Jones magazine. The purpose of this is to show the role GM played in the wealth of Flint, and underscore how much was lost with General Motors layoffs.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, who the film argues caused the decline of Flint with his downsizing. In RealLife his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality of the cars), and he was named History's 5th 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 gave Michael Moore inteviews.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Michael Moore fails to bring Roger Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline. Retroactively it is also this , with Flint's continued decline and further layoffs, which is highlighted in Michael Moore's later documentaries, culminating in GM's bankruptcy in 2009, which is brought up in ''Capitalism: A Love Story.'']]

* SoundtrackDissonance: In-universe, an autoworker and later journalist named Ben Hamper 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, as well as a news report about the rat population of Flint exceeding the human population with all the abandoned buildings.

* --> '''Moore''' ''(narrating)'':(Roger Smith) appeared to have a brilliant plan: First, close 11 factories in the U.S, then open 11 in Mexico where you pay the workers 70 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.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, who the film argues caused the decline of Flint with his downsizing. In RealLife his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality among other things), and he was named History's 5th 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 gave Michael Moore inteviews.

* DocumentaryOfLies: The main source of the film's criticisms. But as RogerEbert [[http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/attacks-on-roger-and-me-completely-miss-point-of-film pointed out]], it's not about facts, it's about making a statement about the damage done to Flint, which Ebert argues is what made the movie so good.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The infamous "Pets or Meat" scene, with a woman ''beating a rabbit to death'' and skinning it alive. The scene may have given the movie its' R-Rating.

* Biopic: The first part of the documentary is about Moore's own life, from his childhood in Flint, to his work as a journalist, and his firing from Mother Jones magazine. The purpose of this is to show the role GM played in the wealth of Flint, and underscore how much was lost with General Motors layoffs.

The film was the most successful documentary of its time, later surpassed by Moore's later documentaries, and won an Emmy.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, who caused the decline of Flint with his downsizing. In RealLife his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality among other things), and he was named History's 5th worst auto chief by [[http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/04/03/worst-auto-ceos.fortune/6.html Fortune]] in 2013.

* DocumentaryOfLies: The main source of the film's criticism's. But as RogerEbert [[http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/attacks-on-roger-and-me-completely-miss-point-of-film pointed out]], it's not about facts, it's about making a statement about the damage done to Flint, which Ebert argues is what made the movie so good.

* EndOfAnEra: The film highlights the end of the age of corporations that were ingrained in the communities that built them in the more greed-driven globalized world.

* DocumentaryOfLies: The source of the film's many criticisms. But as RogerEbert
[[http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/attacks-on-roger-and-me-completely-miss-point-of-film pointed out]], it's not about facts, it's about making a statement about the damage done to Flint, which Ebert argues is what made the movie so good.

* DocumentaryOfLies: The source of the film's many criticisms. But as [[http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/attacks-on-roger-and-me-completely-miss-point-of-film Roger Ebert ]] pointed out, it's not about facts, it's about making a statement, which is what he agrees Moore did in a powerful way

* EndOfAnEra: The film, which highlights the end of the age of prosperous company towns in the more greed-driven globalized world.

* TheEndOfAnEra: The film, which highlights the end of the age of prosperous company towns in the more greed-driven globalized world.

* TheEndOfAnAge: The film, which highlights the end of the age of prosperous company towns in the more greed-driven globalized world.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Michael Moore fails to bring Roger Smith to Flint, which is entrenched in decline. Retroactively it is also this , with Flint's continued decline and further layoffs, which is highlighted in Michael Moore's later documentaries, culminating in GM's bankruptcy in 2009, which is brought up in ''Capitalism: A Love Story.'']]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roger Smith, who caused the decline of Flint with his downsizing. In RealLife his policies led to GM's continued decline in market share (as well as quality among other things), and he was named History's 5th worst auto chief by [[http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/04/03/worst-auto-ceos.fortune/6.html Fortune]] in 2013.

The film was the most successful documentary of its time, later surpassed by Moore's later documentaries, and won an Emmy.