Roger and Me

The documentary Roger and Me by Michael Moore is about the downfall of the city of Flint, Michigan after General Motors CEO Roger Smith closed down the plant, leaving many of Flint’s people jobless. The people and the city severely suffered due to the closing of the plant. Most people couldn’t find jobs and were left with little or no money to pay bills, causing many of them to be evicted or move away. The plant closing also caused many businesses in Flint to close down, which also decreased the number of jobs available. The documentary also shows the ignorance that the wealthy had towards what was really going on with the unemployed people in the city. Most of the wealthy people made comments about them just being lazy and said that if they wanted to find a job they could. They really had no knowledge about the real struggles that the people were facing. The unemployment also caused the crime rate to go up, and eventually the city was named one of the worst in the country. The city tried to make comeback, but sadly failed. The luxury hotel and added tourist attraction didn’t bring the crowd that the city had expected. After all who wants to spend time touring and visiting a city that’s was named as one of the worst in the country. The impact of closing down the GM plant was major. It not only caused problems for the people, but for the city of Flint as a whole. Maybe if Roger Smith had thought more about the effects of his decision he would have seen that closing down the plant wasn’t such a good idea, but then again when Michael Moore finally talked to him at the end of the film he didn’t really seem to care that much about what his decision had done to the people or the city of Flint at all.