Roger & Me.

I found Roger & Me almost too difficult to watch.  It was very eye opening.  Seeing people live in those conditions was sad.  The parts that struck emotion within me were when people were getting thrown out of their homes.  The person that came to evict them showed no remorse.  He didn’t care what day of the week it as long as he’s getting paid for doing his job.  He previously worked for GM and he had no choice.  Another part that was hard for me to watch was when the woman killed her rabbits for food.  It just goes to show how rough living in Flint, MI was at the time.

It’s hard to tell whether GM was directly responsible for the economic downfall of Flint, MI.  However, I feel like they are one of the main reasons for it.  GM laid PLENTY of people off who depended on their job.  I think one of the faults of Michael Moore’s documentary was the fact that he didn’t clarify whether the people he was showing getting evicted worked for GM.  I’m not sure if he did or not but if he would have clarified that, I feel like that would have had a huge impact to what the purpose of the documentary was about.  

Michael Moore most definitely uses pathos and ethos in Roger & Me.  He is a native of Flint, MI so he is credible for knowing how the closing of GM has affected his city.  His parents and grandparents were also former workers of GM.  The closing probably affected his parents as well.  He uses pathos by showing multiple people getting evicted from their homes.  That has to be a hard time for them and seeing their reactions to getting kicked out of their homes is heart-wrenching.  It definitely struck emotion within me because I felt really bad for them.  I almost cried!

Ehrenreich’s excerpt, Mantsios’ article, and Moore’s documentary all share common themes.  They all show the struggles of being in the lower class of American society.  Michael Moore uses a third person perspective to document the struggles of the lower class.  Barbara Ehrenreich actually indulges herself in the lower class to understand what they go through on a day to day basis.  Gregory Mantsios basically gives us some amazing statistics and contrasts them.  He contrasts the incomes of the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class.

Modern Family.

I knew of Modern Family but I had no idea of how hilarious was! The show uses believable situations that families go through almost everyday. I've been in the situation of having my parents not wanting me to hang out with our old next door neighbor. It was cool because I've been in that situation, plus, it reminded me of my childhood.

If this show was released 10 years ago, I think it would have been as accepted as it is now. Back then, Will & Grace was on television and that tackled the subject homosexuality. Modern Family shows that subject as well but not to the extent that Will & Grace did. So, I feel like if it were released 10 years ago, there would be no problems because of the acceptance of other shows on TV at the time.

I feel like the show does portray family life in America. They aren't your typical families. It doesn't have just that ONE family, this show has three; the "Interracial Family", the "Ideal Family", and the "Gay Family". Although some situations are used for comedy, they are totally believable situations. I've never met a familiy like the families portrayed in Modern Family, but I feel like there culd be some families out there like them.

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